REPAIRS TO RUDDER OF VLCC ESSO NORTHUMBRIA

In view of the fractures in the stock keyway and the impracticability of renewal at this stage, the owners elected to weld a 1220 mm diam X 203 mm thick carbon steel collar to the rudder stock and rudder casting. It was concluded that the prime contributor to the weld failure between the collar and the rudder casting was the shrinks on the top of the rudder casting.

• Corporate Authors:

  Kelvin Publications (Pty) Limited

  London House, Loveday Street
  Johannesburg,   South Africa 
• Authors:
  • Kleinschmidt, E
  • Strano, S
• Publication Date: 1977-6

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 176-178
• Serial:
  • South African Mechanical Engineer
  • Volume: 27
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: South African Institution of Mechanical Engineers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Defects; Drydock operations; Repairing; Rudders; Tankers; Very large crude carriers; Welds
• Uncontrolled Terms: Weld defects
• Old TRIS Terms: Rudder repair
• Subject Areas: Maintenance and Preservation; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00173113
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 26 1978 12:00AM