This Circular advise of the potential for inland tank barges to buckle under certain non-uniform loading conditions and introduces a methodology for calculating the collapse strength of a barge. With the assistance of a naval architect or professional engineer, a tank barge owner or operator can use the enclosed guidance to calculate the collapse strength of a barge.


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    Title :

    Navigation and Vessel Inspection Circular No. 1-98. Loading Considerations for Existing Inland Tank Barges


    Publication date :

    1998


    Size :

    27 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English