STANDARD STRUCTURAL ARRANGEMENTS--TASK S-11 OF THE SHIP PRODUCIBILITY RESEARCH PROGRAM

Industry groups meeting in advance of the formulation of Ship Producibility Task S-11 had recommended a number of structural arrangements to be investigated for standardization. The ultimate aim of these efforts was to reduce the construction cost of U.S.- built ships. This is a compilation of the three technical reports respresenting the selected subjects that were investigated. The report on "Potential Ship Structural Details Guidelines" defines common structural details and provides a brief description of its applications and its attributes. Detailed static analyses are performed for structural intersections. The report on "Potential Ship Structure Misalignment Tolerance Guidelines" presents a review of available structural standards and guidelines. Analyses of butt and cruciform joints combined with fatigue data are given. The third report, "Potential Ship Structure Tripping Bracket Guidelines," presents heretofore unavailable guidance to tripping brackets structural design. Adoption of all these uniform structural details will substantially lessen the number of scantlings, eliminate misalignments, and decrease shiprepairs/fitup, thereby reducing construction costs. All three reports on potential guidelines are expected to be of immediate use to ship structural designers.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Report; Part 1-Potential Ship Structure Misalignment Tolerance Guidance Liens; Part 2-Potential Ship Structure Tripping Bracket Guidelines; Part 3-Potential Ship Structure Structural Details Guidelines
• Corporate Authors:

  General Dynamics

  Quincy, MA  United States  02169

  Bath Iron Works Corporation

  , ZZ N/A   

  Maritime Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
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Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: Various p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alignment; Brackets; Engineering tolerance; Scantlings; Standardization; Structural design; Structural members
• Old TRIS Terms: Cruciform joints; Ship producibility; Tolerances (Mechanics)
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00661042
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Maritime Technical Information Facility
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 21 1994 12:00AM