1.1 To clarify the procedures contained in the Rules
and Regulations for the Classification of Special Service Craft (hereinafter
referred to as the Rules for Special Service Craft) a series of typical
calculation procedures are contained in these ‘Guidance Notes’.
The procedures describe the fundamental principles contained in Part
8 of the Rules for Special Service Craft and the associated computer
software.
1.2 The procedures contained in these Guidance Notes
are for:
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Design of single skin hull laminates.
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Design of sandwich panel laminates.
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Design of typical stiffening members.