INSTRUMENTATION - THE ONLY WAY

Communication between the theoretical analyst of ship structures and the practicing naval architect can be improved by the mutual use of experiemental full-scale data from instrumented ships. Such data can provide information on seaway loads, ship responses, and the transfer function between them. In addition, full-scale data can be used to verify or modify theory, investigate operational problems, and determine, through a calibration experiment, ship responses to applied loads in structural regions where calculations are difficult or impossible. Three examples taken from instrumentation projects undertaken on the SL-7 Class Containerships are presented.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at the Ship Structure Symposium, Washington, D.C., October 6-8, 1975.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers

  601 Pavonia Avenue
  Jersey City, NJ  United States  07306-2907
• Authors:
  • Boylston, J W
  • Boentgen, R R
  • Wheaton, J W
• Publication Date: 1975-10

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 12 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Dynamic loads; Hulls; Instrumentation; Shafts (Machinery); Stresses; Vibration
• Old TRIS Terms: Hull instrumentation; Hull response; Shaft stresses; Shaft vibration
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00127063
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
• Report/Paper Numbers: Paper E
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 5 1975 12:00AM