PROCESS FOR REDUCING THE STRESSES CAUSED BY THE VERTICAL BENDING OF A MARINE VESSEL ON INDEPENDENT TANKS INSTALLED THEREIN

摘要

1474043 Installing tanks SENER TECNICA INDUSTRIAL Y NAVAL SA 29 Nov 1974 [1 Dec 1973] 51929/74 Heading B7S To reduce the stresses which are induced in a ships independent storage tank for L.N.G. by hull deformations due to vertical bending moments arising from operational conditions, the tank is installed by constructing the ships hull or at least that portion of the hull in which the tank is to be installed and then applying a static vertical bending moment to the hull or hull portion during the installation of the tank. The bending moment may be applied by ballast and various preferred values of bending moment are described in the Specification.