Influence Analysis of Hull Deformation on Dynamic Behavior of Propulsion Shafting

The aim of this paper is to study the influence of hull deformation on dynamic behavior of ship propulsion shafting. Taking an 8530TEU container ship as an objective and using the finite element method, a global ship structure model is built up to evaluate the hull deformations under typical loading cases. Then the hull bottom-propulsion shafting integrated model is adopted to analyze the effect of hull deformation on shafting natural frequency under dry and wet mode. The results show that the natural frequencies of the shafting will increase due to the effect of hull deformation. Consequently, it is necessary to consider the effect of ship deformation when dealing with the dynamic behavior of ship propulsion shafting.