FLAME STRAIGHTENING QUENCHED AND TEMPERED STEELS IN SHIP CONSTRUCTION

Flame straightening quenched-and-tempered steel procedures were successfully employed by trained shipyard personnel on portions of a LASH (Lighter Aboard Ship) ship under construction with minimal acceptable loss in mechanical properties and with considerable savings in time and money. Test checks were conducted in the laboratory with simulated experiments on steel panels 150 inches by 48 inches by 5/16 inch and stiffened by angles at 30-inch intervals. As much as two inches of unfairness of the plating was effectively removed. A recommended procedure is presented.

• Corporate Authors:

  Battelle Columbus Laboratories

  505 King Avenue
  Columbus, OH  United States  43201

  United States Coast Guard

  2100 Second Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20593
• Authors:
  • Rothman, R L
• Publication Date: 1974

Media Info

• Pagination: 22 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Deformation; Metal heating; Steel plates; Stiffened plates; Structural plates
• Identifier Terms: Ship Structure Committee
• Uncontrolled Terms: Heat treatment
• Old TRIS Terms: Flame straightening; Plate deformation
• Subject Areas: Construction; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00084840
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: SSC-247 Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: N00024-73-C-5173
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 19 1975 12:00AM