BOTTOM, INNER BOTTOM AND HOPPER STRUCTURE
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Structural
member
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Extent of
measurement
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Pattern of
measurement
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Bottom, inner bottom and hopper
structure plating
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Minimum of three bays across double
bottom tank, including aft bay Measurements around and under all suction
bell mouths
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5-point pattern for each panel
between longitudinals and floors
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Bottom, inner bottom and hopper
structure longitudinals
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Minimum of three longitudinals in each
bay where bottom plating measured
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Three measurements in line across
flange and three measurements on vertical web
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Bottom girders, including the
watertight ones
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At fore and aft watertight floors and
in centre of tanks
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Vertical line of single measurements
on girder plating with one measurement between each panel stiffener, or a
minimum of three measurements
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Bottom floors, including the
watertight ones
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Three floors in bays where bottom
plating measured, with measurements at both ends and middle
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5-point pattern over two square metre
area
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Hopper structure web frame
ring
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Three floors in bays where bottom
plating measured
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5-point pattern over one square metre
of plating. Single measurements on flange
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Hopper structure
transverse watertight bulkhead or swash bulkhead
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5-point pattern over one square metre
of plating
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5-point pattern over two square metre
of plating
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- stiffeners (minimum of three)
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For web, 5-point pattern over span
(two measurements across web at each end and one at centre of span). For
flange, single measurements at each end and centre of span
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Panel stiffening
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Where applicable
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Single measurements
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