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Shuangxing Du
Ansys Employee

The location of the hinge seem more reasonable. The link Bending Stresses - Ship Construction - Beyond Discovery may give you some clues on how it is about.

The hinges have no effect on the Hydrodynamic Diffraction analysis, but will affect the RAOs calculated by the Hydrodynamic Response with frequency statistical analysis.