PLAN APPRAISAL BY COMPUTER: SAFETY AND ECONOMY FOR THE NEW BREED OR SHIPS

Making a considerable investment in advanced computing facilities, Lloyd's Register produced a computer-based ship structural analysis capability. This facility, known by the generic name LR PASS-Plan Appraisal System for Ships, provides a wide range of computer programs and other systems to aid the tasks of plan appraisal and approval. LR PASS deals with all aspects of ship construction and operation, ranging from structural analysis to the calculation of hydrodynamic loads. A structural analysis performed within the LR PASS package can be broken down into four inter-related steps, covering loads, structural capability, design criteria and a factor of safety. Each aspect requires a degree of mathematical modelling and this is either carried out automatically by LR PASS program or performed by the surveyor or designer.

• Corporate Authors:

  Lloyd's Register of Shipping

  71 Fenchurch Street
  London EC3M 4BS,   England 
• Publication Date: 1976

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 21-25
• Serial:
  • Publication of: American Concrete Institute
  • Publisher: American Concrete Institute (ACI)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computer graphics; Computer programs; Design; Hydrodynamic pressure; Mathematical models; Ship structural components; Ships; Structural analysis; Structural design; Vehicle design
• Uncontrolled Terms: Design criteria; Interactive graphics; Ship design; Ship models
• Old TRIS Terms: Computer programs (Structural analysis); Hydrodynamic forces
• Subject Areas: Design; Marine Transportation; Materials; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00170699
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Lloyd's Register of Shipping
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 7 1978 12:00AM