The main research activities related to the Chair of Ship Structures are:
Analysis Methods
- Ultimate Strength of Ships and Offshore Structures
- Experimental Validation
- Coupling of different Methods
Materials for Shipbuilding Applications
- Numerical and Experimental Assessment
- Fields of Application (Corrosion, Production Technology, Repair, Maintenance/Service)
Construction and Equipment
- Production Technology related to the Design
- Simplified Structural Designs for Shipbuilding Equipment
Maritime Steel Structures
- Nonlinearities in Structural Mechanics regarding Large Steel Structures
- Constructive, Computational and Experimental Evaluation of Steel Plate Structures