Tuesday, 28 July 2015

BEAMS & FRAMES

BEAMS

Usually of offset bulb or inverted angle section, placed athwart ships.
  •  Deck beams are required to support the deck & any loads it carries
  •  Deck beams act as struts assisting in holding the sides of the ship apart against the inward pressure of the sea.

FRAMES

Usually of offset bulb or inverted angle section, placed on side shell.
  •  Scantlings of transverse frames increase with depth & spacing.
  •  Transverse frames may be numbered from aft to for’d.
  •  Frames are required to support the shell plating

TYPES OF FRAMES
  1. TRANSVERSE FRAMES
  2. LONGITUDINAL FRAMES
  3. WEB FRAMES


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