WINCH CAPACITY FOR LAUNCHING OF 850T LOTUS

Vessel Particulars
Length= 66 M
Breadth= 14 M
Depth = 3.5M
Lightweight= 850T

Considering Idle condition with slope 3 degrees slipway

The total force required to launch the vessel with 8 balloons is 50 T by using gradient slope equation and
balloons with pressure of 1 Bar , but with 3 fall arrangement the load on winch will be 16.33T= 17 Ton
Final layer (9th layer)
90T winch: In Yard : capacity
Winch Capacity =
90000 kg
Gradient in Percentage
4.5
10%
1st Layer
90000
2nd Layer
81000
3rd Layer
72900
4th Layer
65610
5th Layer
59049
6th Layer
53144
7th Layer
47830
8th Layer
43047
9th Layer
38742
Weight in Kgs (chart)
Considering FOS condition with slope 3 degrees
Parameter
1) Balloon pressure
2) Brake Holding capacity
3) Vessel load transfer due to gradient change from slope to flat surface

There will be variation of static load because of above factors ,the total load on winches at 9th layer
considering 1.5 times FOS , will be = 17x1.5 = 26T
As per Gradient load calculation 90T winch will take 38T of load on 9th layer whereas for launching
including 1.5 FOS the load on 9th layer will be 26T