Damage Stability Flashcards
When Dry Docking a ship must
Have a positive initial GM
Be upright
Be trimmed slightly, usually by the stern
Immediately the ship touches the
blocks aft, this denotes the start of the
critical period.
The upthrust afforded by the blocks at the stern is termed
P Force
After settling on the blocks fore and aft, water continues to be pumped from the
dock and the draught reduces at the same rate forward and aft. The upthrust P became?
uniformly distributed along the ship’s length
When the dock becomes nearly empty and the ship is fully dry,
the
Upthrust P = Ship’s Displacement
used to accommodate ships while they
are fitting out, loading or unloading
Wet docks
used to enable the ship’s bottom
and underwater fittings to be inspected and worked on.
Dry (graving) docks
If tidal, there must be sufficient depth at low tide to enable the ship to remain afloat.
Otherwise, it must be checked that the ship can be allowed on the dock floor without damage
Wet docks
Essentially large holes in the ground, lined with
masonry, and provided with a means to close off the entrance once the ship is in the dock so that the water can be pumped out.
Dry Docks
Example of Dry Docks
Graving Dock
Floating Dock
Shiplifts
A profile indicating points to which shore supplies of electricity, hydraulic power, cooling water and so on can be run. Ideally these will be aligned with the corresponding shore supply positions
Deck plans
Docking Plan
Sections of the ship at which breast shores can be set up, usually at transverse bulkheads where the hull will be better able to take the forces exerted by the shores. Details of projections that might foul the dock entrance or the blocks. For instance, the propeller may project below the line of the keel and bilge keels must be allowed for.
Deck plans
Ranging from small docks with a lift capacity of less than 500 tonnes to the ones capable of lifting ships up to 100,000 tonnes
Can be taken to ports/harbours which have no graving dock facilities.
Can be heeled and trimmed to match a damaged ship’s condition and provide partial support while assessments are made of the damage
Floating Dock
U-shaped box structure with side walls mounted on a base pontoon. The large part of the structure is devoted to ballast tanks which are free flooded to sink the dock so that the ship can be moved into the correct position
within the dock.
The dock, with the ship, is then raised by carefully controlled pumping out of the ballast tanks.
The dock stability, transverse and longitudinal, is high when it is at its operating freeboard with the deck of the pontoon above the water level.
Floating Dock
Devices providing a means of lifting ships vertically out of the water to a level where they can be worked on.
Shiplifts
Main Elements of Shiplift
An articulated steel platform, generally wood-decked arranged for end on or longitudinal transfer
Wire rope hoists along each side of the platform, operated by constant speed electric
motors
Load-monitoring system to ensure a proper distribution of loads so as not to cause damage to the ship or the platform
Cradle configured to suit the ship’s hull form
Ships are not intended to ground. When they do, the hull and underwater fittings may be damaged.
Grounding
Extent of Damage depend upon number of Factors
Nature of the seabed
Speed and angle of impact
Sea state and tide at the time of grounding and up until the ship can be refloated
Area of ship’s hull which impacts the seabed
A more serious situation arises if the seabed is rocky and the ship’s outer bottom is punctured allowing water to enter and leading to further stability changes and structural damage.
Grounding on a Rock
Main parameters involved in Grounding of a Rock
Grounding location and width of damage transversely
Height of rock penetration
Shape of rock
defined in terms of areas of the outer bottom (OB) and inner bottom (IB)
Grounding Damage Index (GDI)
produced by plotting the ratio of ultimate longitudinal strengths fro the damaged and intact ships against the GDI
residual strength/damage index (R-D) diagram
All types of ships and boats are subject to the — if they — whether by
risk of sinking, lose their watertight integrity
Collision, grounding and internal accident such as explosion
Formula for grounding on a Rock