For the last two years the Danish consultancy Dwinger Marineconsult has carried out a lot of A/Amax calculations for different shipowners. During these calculations it has become evident that the A/Amax procedure as outlined in MSC/Circ 574 has drawbacks, which can give some paradoxical results, especially for one-compartment ships. These paradoxes will be describedin this article by showing two examples of A/Amax calculations, one for aone-compartment ferry and another for a two-compartment ferry. The main result of these two cases is somewhat paradoxical, because the two-compartment ship has a significantly higher degree of survivability, but it has the lowest A/Amax ratio for exactly the same KG value and hull form.


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    Title :

    Paradoxes of A/Amax calculations for one-compartment ships


    Additional title:

    Paradoxes bei Leckstabilitaetsberechnungen fuer Einabteilungsschiffe


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Naval Architect ; April ; E180-E182


    Publication date :

    1994


    Size :

    3 Seiten, 3 Bilder, 4 Tabellen, 1 Quelle



    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English






    Paradoxes

    Jacques, G. M. | DataCite | 1900


    Paradoxes

    Jacques, G. M. | DataCite | 1900


    Paradoxes

    Jacques, G. M. | DataCite | 1901