Finite Element Analysis of Wood Structural Joints on Traditional Wooden Ship

Abstract

Traditional ship often made by woods materials and it was made without proper engineering procedure. This research focuses on a case study in BaganSiapiapi, Riau Province, Indonesia where a large wooden ship was manufactured. One of the sources of material failure in the manufacturing of wooden ship is located at the joint. In this research, a modification of joint design has been studied where 4 design model have been offered by using glue as the attachment materials and 5 other design by using bolt as the connection method. A finite element method was used to study the strength of the joint which has been guided by a standard issued by Indonesian Classification Bureau. There are 9 design of joints were modeled and studied which have been varied using two different wooden materials such as ‘keruing’ and ‘meranti’. A uniform loading was applied on all models and materials. The applied loadings are buoyancy force, gravity force, and pre-stress loading at the bolt. The result from simulation generates a stress-contour indicating the stress level on the materials. It was concluded that the model of connection hooked straight lip which is connected with 4 pieces M14 bolts with wood material keruing a recommended model for traditional wooden boat building. This design gives 1.605 mm deformation with maximum stress of 217.51 MPa.