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1 SSC-206.,PERMISSIBLESTRESSESANDTHEIRLIMI TATIONST hisdocumenthasbeenapprovedforpublicrelea seandsale; : , , , ,withthepermissionoftheauthor, , ,111 RADM, , ,TheNetherland~Washington, .. ABSTRACTV ariousaspectsofca~abilityanddemandofship ssuchasextremeloads,cyclicloads,plasticd esign,crackdesign, ,theyshouldbeboundedbyprobability-concep ts, , failsafe , ( PERMISSIBLE ) ,permissiblestressesareofrestrictedvalue inplasticdesign, , ,infuturethedangeroflargecrackswillbecom eaJ@@ slength(L/20);latertheexorientofLwasredu ced,firstto0,5(l,l~L)andlaterto0, ,wherecisaconstantandinwhichx,accord-ing toNordenstrom~shouldbeequalto- :whatisrealistic?Shouldthestandardwavesr epresentthemostsevereconditionsashipcane vermeetinherlife?Certainlynot, ; !Manyinvestigationshaveprovedthatthestan dardwavemethodsnowadaysinuserepre-senton theaverageratherwellthemaximumwavebendin gmomentsocurringinships(fig. 1).Fromthis, 22r141210m.

2 EIIvIIIII516,9761014 /mI[14 Calculatedstressrange(h=l,l~)+ ( )14r201210a6420 ~- Gi~ T221-120-m+.,,,7,,05.,, \1(.1(A) , >+ ~ ,ONE fEAR-1\ \! ~ !IOF105,.4,0310?NI,01 IIIIIIIIIYo,.,-1010:910:810:710:6~Q(X>Xj ) :410-310+10:1probabilityofExceedingXjtoT roughStressValuesinSeveralStateandHoos~s rStCZte.(I_ewisz) ~subjectwasmainlylong-termwhichareshownt hehighestexpectedbendingdistributionsofb endingmoments,whilethemomentsin20yearsNo rthA c ,opeakstressis16 Kpsi, ~ ~curvea reservationISSC-committee2bIIitisshown , ,butalsooncomparisonsmadebyAertssen, papermadebyHoffmanin-Ferencesaresolarqet hatevenwhenallowance .-3-iSmadeforthefactthatLewis calculationsaremorerefinedthanthelatter- mentionedones(headingandangularspreadofe nergyhavebeentakenintoaccount) , ,--thatisataboutQ=10-6-,thetheoreticalup per95%confidencelimitmightdeviatesome20t o40% :20that20to40% see , ,especiallywhen capability inthesamewayas demand ~psduringtheirwholelifetime, , ,Swedish,American,Norwegian,Belgian,Japa nese,French,Ru:,sianandDutchinstitutegat herssufficientmaterialbeforeareliableest imateabouttheextremeloadsfortheshipsthey investigatedcanbemade?)]

3 ,itwouldcer-tainlycoverafewhundred--anda ftersta-tisticaltreatment--afewthousands hlpyear~Thenitispossibletostatethatthela rgestwavebendingmomentsevermeasuredinall theseships, ,asfarastheauthorknowsthehighestvertical wavebendingstresses(peak-to-trouh)everme asuredareabout17 (Bennet;Johnson,LarkinG).Itisinteresting tonotethatinbothasesmentionedthestresses werestill2kg/mm2 lowerthancalculatedforastandard-wavemt1, lK( ).Neverthelesstheyarerealextremesbecause formostshipsthemeasuredmaximawere~ntheor derof10 , ,trades, ~ ; ( [a+b]> , ,bothequalto12 , >m~~~~r~~~?r~~ ( ).Thesumofthelargestindividualwavebendin gtensilestressesandthelargestcompressive onesduringastorm-periodcanbesome10%large r( ).Thisleadsto22 ,5 , ,5kN/cm2isaddedwhichresultsinanabsolutee x-tremetensilepeakof20 ,butwhatmattersisthatthecombinationofthe 12,5and7,5 underestim-ation andthatconditioniscertainlyful-filledwhe n20 , ~ (+)andmax(0)andthecomparisonvalues1,1,25 and1, Althoughthistreatmentoftheresultsistheor eticallynotcorrect, [I1+ Max.)]

4 (+} :*+kt oo ok =JEEax (og ~ -+l*,000 0002P4-Q 2L,ZeroSpeed+,DriftSpeedA0 Heading, ( ; )(Indications Max (O),(+)andComparisonNumbers1, ). ,vibrationsandcorrosionalsoplayedarole, ,shouldbedefinedintermsofchance, ,unfairnessofplating,quali-tyofdesignand welding, (inasense!)theinfluenceofthesevariablesc anhardlybejudgedonaccountofpracticalexpe rience,becausefewstructurescollapseandwh entheydo,therelevantloadingcondi-tionsar emostlyunknown.[180 l-leading, , ,DriftSpeedA0 Heading, ~+5 O. OMeanofvaluesMeanofvaluesforh/A< > , { Forabeamwithrectangularcrosssectionteloa dnecessaryforthede-velopmentofafullplast ichingeis1, ,butahollow-6-1%elaskic+plasticdeformati on(local)0,12%elashcdeformationatG=GYIII DECK realstressandstraindistribution idealplastlcstressdistributionat1%locals trainindeck\Differencebetweenrealidealpl astlcstraindistributionand idea~straindi5trib-1rat1%Local,t~al~j d~~kutionduetoshear-lag\\qOTTOM +strfbutioninth+?))]

5 Side-PlatlngWhen10 StrainHas!) ,likebulk-carriersandcontainerships,some 30%.However, , , Plasticdesign thatdeformat~onslargerthan1% (E=W,0,125%formildSteel).5 Butitshouldbereaizedthatthereisabigdiffe rencebetweenthecaseo-F1%straindevel-oped overalengthof0;5minaship sdeck* ;onlyasmallpartofthesideplat; *Inthefollowlngonly deck ismentionedalthoughoften deckorbottom ,.h,t=dl, ,m(a)Dlstr,butlonoflo , ,d, (Caldwell)Thisformsabigcontrasttothecase whenalargepartofthelengthofadeck,saysome 10m,isplasticallydeformedby1% , ,istooshort, , weakchain intheformofalocallylessefficientstructur aldesigndetail,acorrodedarea,asectioncon tainingopeningsorwithunfair, ,viz.,onwhattestsortheorythementioned1%i sbased,anextension, ~nvolvedlikebeamspacing,platethicknesset c., ---r?$l plastic hingehasdeveloped!). (PD=1) , , ,conformwelltothecurves(AZbUera,F , ,beingafullydevelopedhinge, , ,wasonly0,2%.Locally,-whichmeansclosetot hebulk-head,Itwasmore,say1%,butithasalre adybeenexplainedbeforethatplasticdeforma tionsinsuchanarrowstriparenotabletobring thewholetransversesectionoftheshipina.

6 ~ ~onbetweenthecollapseloadandtheidealplas ticloadwillbelowerthanac-cordingtoCaldwe ll.(Mult+)/(Mpl,)J0,77 Insteadof0, , ,yielding(bending)startedalreadyat250ton s,bWhentheloadisincreasedaverticalplas-~ ,plasticbuck-ling( ). , ,3%abouthalfofthemaximumloadwasleft( ).ItmustbeconcludedthatCald-well shypothesisthatthebehavlourofshipstructu resundercompressionissimilartoidealplast icbehaviourisnotalwaysjusti-fied, ,asymmetricalsect~ons, ,thecollapseloadwouldhavebeenmuchlarger; some95%andnot67% .. ,13%I0,1%0,2%T/~ Strain// ; (20kgf/mm2) (26kgf/mm2) ,with(Mult.)/(MPlast,)aslowas0,77and(Mul t.)/(Muy):0,9(Muy=Wxuy)thecol-lapsestres sisstill0,9x26,00=23,40kN/cm2(kgf/mm2).~ ,sothechancethatsuchashipi~theonethatwi1 1meettheextremeof20 F). +10+20+30+Lo + (1!*tbTWOSPECIMENSHOUTFATIGUE,CRACKso AIncb[:)~-,..Jq~~ ,i1:TESTTEMPERATURE[CENTIGRADE) !d:;!.vNDTv,dVEEN 1OO%CRKTALLINEd$udbSTRAIGHTCURVEDSYMBOLS SYMBOLSJ.]]

7 ~~AAVERAGESTRAINATZZINREGION Kz-zL-1-jdmmI~,D1cl? +u----e+-- z z m---m- --- +-----$,,,,z-z,,,$,-c-RoEERTSONARREST(IS UTHERMTE51) ,,4,z-z-,,D1+Dz~racturestarts, thecapacityofthestructurefortakingupdefo rmationenergyisimmediate-lyexhausted;the chanceofcompletecollapsethroughfracturei slarge.~Thehighfrequencyofslammingstress es,whichwasbenef icientincaseofcompressioncanbedisadvanta geousfortension.~ sopinionthatthedangerofbrit-tlefracturei nshipsmustbeeliminatedbyus-ingcrack-arre stingsteelshasbeenexplainedIastyearatthe Construction-day. l Itseemstoconflictwiththefactthat90% ~ (andhighertensilesteels) ,providedthattheywillnotbeweldedwithweld ingmethodsgivingexcessiveheat-input(one- runElectro-GasandElectro-Slagsystems}For inthatcase, ,cracks,initiat-edintheheat-affectedcoar segrainedzoneadjacenttotheweld,donotdevi atefromthiszoneasusualandstopintheunaffe ctedplate, ,Infactitdoessoalreadynowadaystogetherwi thbrittlefracture, ,dedicatingtheirtimetowavebendingmoments , ] ,whatistheuseofstatisticalmaterial,calcu lationmethods,modeltestsandwhatelse, ,Thereforethepertin-entinvestigationsint heDelftShipStruc-turesLaboratoryhavebeen devotedtothequestionifthepresenceofsmall fatiguecraclsenlargestheriskofbrittlefra cture.)

8 ,thestresslevelwillnolonger(partly) (Ofcoursedamageduetoleakagealsoplaysarol ebutthisisexcludedfromthepresentdiscus-s ion.)Itisafavorablecircumstancethatfatig ue-crackspropagateveryslowlyinships ,wherepermissiblecracklengthsaremuchsmal ler,andconsequentlylesseasilydetectable, thisphilosophyof fail-safe ,JapanandGreatBrit~~ , , , ,b,c,d, (strainenrgyre-5leaserate)andisequaltoG= ~i~;a= , (shearfracturing)isa-bout5,00 cracklengthplushalfsizeofplasticzone= 13 -ix! , ~2a+ , !,< ,because(horizontal)connectionsbetweensp ringsareleftaway,(- YCRACK/~ , (kgf/rnm2)~u~22,50 ,8u!ForsomehigherstrenqthsteelsGrcanyeve nbesmallerthanform; ~ticalstressUc~.! enouY :5k icm;;:::f; , crack-design , , +Asecondproblemistheelasto-plasticbehavi ouroftheship shullincaseofsmallpermissibleplas-ticdef ormations(limitedplasticdesign). ~ ( ).y!),CONCLUSIONS1 Thehighestwavebendingmomentseverre-corde dInshipsatseaaresmallerthanthemo-mentswh ichonthebasisofobservedextremewavesandmo deltestscouldbeexpected.

9 ~Thereisnoargumentfordesigningthestructu reofshipsonthebasisoftheoretical-lypossi ble,butinpracticeapparentlyalwaysavoided extremes.~Researchonhowshipscanmosteffec tivelyavoidextrememomentsandmovementsine xtremeseaconditionsisofprimeimportance.~ .Plasticdesigntheorygivesanoveroptimis-t icpictureofthecollapsestrengthofaship,es peciallyfromtheviewpointofdeformationene rgy.~Notwithstandingthis,themarginbetwee nde-mandandcapabilityisevenforinferiorly de-signedshipssolarge, ~ ~ fail-safe designwhichmeansthatcracksareallowedupto acriticallength.~ ~ct ~dswillhavetobeusedforthesolutionofmanyo fthecurrentandfutureproblemsinshipstruct uraldesignlike:shockphenomena,elasto-pla sticdeformationsatunderdevelopedplastich inges, *b , (UsingTrim6 Elements).(Argyris,Patton13)1G ,,~ kgf/mm22 Gnom,= ,=14kN/cm27 Gnom,= \810 - 5 Crack ~Percentageofhalfwidthb-~Developmentofth eAreaofPlasticDeformationintheCrackedPla tewithIncreasingAppliedLoad,(Argyris,Pat ton~3)1% , , ,E,V, , , ,0S10, Responsetciwaveloads.

10 Bennet.,R, ,SwedishShipbuildingRe-searchFoundation, ,A,J.; , , , , , , , , , , , , , (InDutch).26, , ,I, , ,1963 Nibbering,J, , ; , , , ,Denis,M.; , , (InDutch).Constructiematerialen, , ;E, , , UNCLASSIFIEDSt,cur]ty~ ,01+ICIN4T1 NGAC71 VITY(Corporateauthor), [CAT10fiShipStructureCommitteeUnclassifi ed2)>,GROUPPERMISSIBLESTRESSESANDTHEIRLI MITATIONSDESCRIPTIVENOTES(Typeofreportan dinclusrvcdates)SpecialReportAuTHOR(S)(F ,<stname,middleinitial,lestrmm+)Nibberin g, ALNO, , (5} ,~ (5)(AfIyothernurnbcr.[hatmayh?sss;~nedd, ,cyclicloads,plasticdesign,crackdesign, ,theyshouldbeboundedbyprobability-concep ts, , failsafe )D,FN,51473( 1) .._,.. -DD, %.,1473(BACK)(PAGE2)UNCLASSIFIEDS ecurityClassification..,. , ,III,USCG,ChairmanChief, , , , ,VicePresidentMilitarySeaTransportationS erviceAmericanBureauofShippingSHIPSTRUCT URESUBCOMMITTEETheSHIPSTRUCTURESUBCOMMIT TEE actsfortheShipStructureCommitteeontechni calmattersbyprovidingtechnicalcoordinati onforthedeterminationofgoalsandobjective softheprogram,andbyevaluatingandinterpre tingtheresultsintermsofshipstructuraldes ign, , , , , , , , ,LiaisonSOCIETYOFP4 AVALARCHITECTS& ,[ , , ,RCNC, , ,LiaisonSHIPSTRUCTURECOMMITTEEPUBLICATIO NST hesedocumentsOedist~ibutedbytheCkzringho useaSp~ingfield, ~ , ~ts(USGRDR)unda~ ,SSC-193,ssc-ssc-94,95,SSC-196,SSC-197,S SC-198,SSC-199,SSC-200,SSC-201,SSC-202,S SC-203,SSC-204,SSC-205, , ~lsfopDesewibingShipStructu~ !]]