The superstructure participates in the overall longitudinal bending of a ship, which leads to stress concentration in certain parts and threatens the safety of the ship's structure. The large-scale steel model test can truly reflect the structural response characteristics of superstructures.

This paper studies the structural strength of a certain ship's superstructure. Through the equivalent simplification of the main hull structure, a large-scale steel model including the superstructure and main body is designed, and structural strength model testing is carried out under hogging moment load.

The test and finite element calculation results show obvious stress concentration phenomena in the corners of the side opening groups of the superstructure and the edges of the round transitions between the sidewall and main deck. The bending efficiency of the superstructure is 0.315.

The results of this study can provide references for the local structural strengthening and optimal superstructure design of target ships. The simplified design method of the ship hull model provided in this paper can also serve as a reference for the design of large-scale ship models.