School of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering Jiangsu University of Science and Technology Zhenjiang Jiangsu 212003 China;
School of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering Jiangsu University of Science and Technology Zhenjiang Jiangsu 212003 China;
Shanghai Rules and Research Institute China Classification Society Shanghai 200135 China;
School of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering Jiangsu University of Science and Technology Zhenjiang Jiangsu 212003 China;
School of Engineering Far Eastern Federal University Vladivostok Primorskyi krai Russia;
Temperature filed; Heat transfer analysis; Thermal convection; Support structure; Independent LNG carrier;