Section 3 Hull envelope design criteria
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Section 3 Hull envelope design criteria

Parent topic: Chapter 3 Local Design Criteria for Craft Operating in Non-Displacement Mode

3.1 Hull structures

3.1.1 The design pressures, in kN/m2, to be used to determine the scantlings of structural elements are to be taken as specified in Table 3.3.1 Design pressures for non-displacement craft.

Table 3.3.1 Design pressures for non-displacement craft

Category/location Craft type Symbol Plating pressure Min. Symbol Stiffener pressure Min.
Mono-hull craft
Bottom shell Basic craft P BP Greater of   P BF Greater of  
H f S f P s δf H f S f P s
H f S f C f P dI δf H f S f C f P dI
H f S f G f C f P f δf H f S f G f C f P f
Craft with foils or other lifting devices P BP Greater of   P BF Greater of  
H f S f P s δf H f S f P s
H f S f C f P fb δf H f S f C f P fb
Side Shell   P SP P BP   P SF δf P BP
Multi-hull craft
Bottom shell Basic craft P BP Greater of   P BF Greater of  
H f S f P s δf H f S f P s
H f S f C f P dI δf H f S f C f P dI
H f S f G f C f P f δi H f S f G f C f P f
  Craft with foils or other lifting devices P BP Greater of   P BF Greater of  
H f S f P s δf H f S f P s
H f S f C f P fb δf H f S f C f P fb
  Fully submerged hulls P BP Greater of   P BF Greater of  
H f S f P s δf H f S f P s
H f S f G f P f δf H f S f G f P f
Outboard side shell   P SP P BP   P SF δf P BP  
Inboard side shell   P SP Greater of   P SF Greater of  
P BP δf P BP
1,6 P WDP at wet deck 1,9 P WDP at wet deck
Wet deck   P CP Greater of   P CF Greater of  
H f S f P s δf H f S f P s
H f S f P pc δf H f S f P pc
Components
Weather deck see Note 1   P WDP Greater of 7 P WDF Greater of 7
H f S f G f C f P wI δf H f S f G f C f P wI
P cd P cd
Coachroof deck, see Note 1   P CRP H f S f G f C f P wI 7 P CRF δf H f S f G f C f P wI 7
Interior deck   P IDP Greater of 3,5 P IDF Greater of 3,5
H f S f C f P wI δf H f S f C f P wI
P cd P cd
Deckhouses, bulwarks and superstructure   P DHP H f S f G f C f P dhp   P DHF δf H f S f G f C f P dhp  
Deckhouse windows of toughened safety glass   PDHP Hf Sf Gf Cf Pdhp        
For windows on first tier and deckhouse fronts

All other windows

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Inner bottom   P IBP H f S f P m + P h 10T P IBF δf (H f S f P m+ P h) 10T
Watertight and deep tank bulkheads   P BHP P bh   P BHF P bh  

Note 1. G f is not to be taken less than 1,0.

Note 2. The result of each row in each cell is found as the product of all items on that row in that cell.

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