Communications - Scientific letters of the University of Zilina X:X | DOI: 10.26552/com.C.2026.034

Identifying Features of Determining Strength of Container When Transported by Sea

Alyona Lovska ORCID...1, Juraj Gerlici ORCID...1, Ján Dižo ORCID...1, *, Pavlo Rukavishnykov ORCID...2
1 University of Zilina, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Transport and Handling Machines, Zilina Slovak Republic
2 Ukrainian State University of Railway Transport, Department of Wagon Engineering and Product Quality, Kharkiv, Ukraine

The presented research is aimed at assessment of issues relating to strength of a universal container of the standard size of 1CC while it is transported on the sea by a railway ferry. Further it is considered that the container is located on a flat wagon at which, it is fixed to the upper deck of a railway ferry. Three load scenarios were considered in the research. Each of these scenarios are characterized by loaded conditions defined in the study. The structure of the investigated container was modelled in a commercial simulation software. The dynamic loads acting to the container structure for all three considered schemes, were carried out using mathematical modelling. The finite element method was applied to the numerical analyses of strength of the container structure. It was revealed by means of simulation computations, that the maximal stress in the container structure was of 102.4 MPa within the permissible limits and the maximal displacements of 4.5 mm were achieved.

Keywords: strength analysis, container, mathematical model, railway ferry, container
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This publication was supported by the project KEGA 024ZU-4/2024 and the project VEGA 1/0308/24. This contribution was elaborated within execution of the project “New generation of freight railway wagons” (Project code in ITMS2014+: 313010P922), based on support of the operational program Research and innovation financed from the European Regional Development Fund.

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The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

Received: April 10, 2026; Accepted: May 13, 2026; Prepublished online: June 10, 2026 

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