Official report of special sub-committee appointed by American Bureau of Shipping to investigate structural failure of tanker Schenectady: description of casualty; in opinion of Committee, principal cause was accumulation of abnormal amount of internal stress locked into structure by construction process, together with acute concentration of stress caused by defective welding of starboard gunwale, etc. (See also Motorship v 28 n 4 Apr 1943 p 278-9; Engineering v 155 n 4034 May 7 1943 p 376 (editorial comment) 371-2; Log v 38 n 4 Apr 1943 p 58-9; Shipbldg and Shipg Rec v 61 n 20 May 20 1943 p 451, 467)


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    Title :

    Report on failure of tanker Schenectady


    Additional title:

    Engineer


    Published in:

    Engineer ; 175 , n 4558


    Publication date :

    1943


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


    Report on failure of tanker Schenectady

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1943


    Report on failure of tanker Schenectady

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1943


    Report on failure of tanker Schenectady

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1943


    Report on failure of tanker Schenectady

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1943


    "Schenectady" Failure

    Lincoln, J.F. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1943