ON VARIOUS PROBLEMS OF IMMEDIATE INTEREST TO A SHIP CLASSIFICATION MAN

The report reviews the following topics: The Load Line Convention formula for the midship section modulus; A survey of recent cracks in shell and deck; Buckling of deck; T2-tankers; Corrugated bulkheads; Absence of riveted crack arrestors; Broken Scandinavian tankers; Why tankers must be stronger than dry cargo ships; Intersecting girders; Transverse frames and Classification societies.

• Corporate Authors:

  Norske Veritas

  P.O. Box 300, Veritasveien 1
  N-1322 Hovik,   Norway 

  Ship Structure Committee

  National Academy of Science, 2101 Constitution Avenue, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20418
• Authors:
  • Vedeler, G
• Publication Date: 1961-8-1

Media Info

• Pagination: 19 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bending stress; Buckling; Bulkheads (Ships); Cracking; Failure; Flexural strength; Ships; Structural analysis; Structural mechanics; Tankers
• Identifier Terms: Ship Structure Committee
• Uncontrolled Terms: Classification societies; Structural failures
• Old TRIS Terms: Crack arrest; Load lines; Tanker structural analysis; Transverse bulkheads
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Materials; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00331922
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Ship Structure Committee
• Report/Paper Numbers: SSC-136
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 21 1981 12:00AM