1.

0 INTRODUCTION

The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) is a classification society, with a mission to

promote the security of life, property and the natural environment, primarily through the
development and verification of standards for the design, construction and operational
maintenance of marine-related facilities. At the end of 2012, ABS was the second largest class
society with a classed fleet of nearly 12,000 commercial vessels and offshore facilities. ABS'
core service is the provision of classification services through the development of standards
called ABS Rules. These Rules form the basis for assessing the design and construction of
new vessels and the integrity of existing vessels and marine structures the responsibility of the
classification society is to verify that merchant ships and marine structures presented to it
comply with Rules that the society has established for design, construction and periodic
survey.
Classification itself does not judge the economic viability of a vessel. Neither is the
society in a position to judge whether a vessel is ultimately employed according to the stated
intended purpose for which it was classed. The classification society records, reports and
recommends in accordance with what it has seen at the time of a vessels construction and
subsequent surveys. If a vessel is found not to comply with the Rules, and the
recommendations of ABS are not followed, then the society will suspend or cancel
classification.
When an owner first requests that a vessel or structure be classed, the shipyard or
design agent presents drawings and calculations to ABS for a systematic detailed review for
compliance with the Rules. ABS engineers review the plans to verify that the structural and
mechanical details conform to the Rule requirements.
After a design has been approved by ABS engineers, ABS field surveyors attend the
vessel at the shipyard from keel laying to delivery. The surveyors verify that the approved
plans are followed and the Rules are adhered to. During the construction of a vessel built to
ABS class, surveyors witness, at the place of manufacture or fabrication, the tests of materials
for the hull and certain items of machinery as required by the Rules. They also survey the
building, installation and testing of the structural and principal mechanical and electrical
systems.
ABS Rules require that every classed vessel be subject to periodic surveys to
determine whether it is maintained in accordance with classification standards. Surveys are
based on a five-year cycle of Annual Surveys, an Intermediate Survey to be completed
between the second and third years of the five-year period, and a comprehensive Special
Survey including dry docking at each fifth anniversary from the time of the vessels delivery.

2.0 SHEET DATA FOR OIL TANKER SCANTLING CALCULATION

Figure 1: Show oil tanker

Length
Breadth
Depth
Draught
Block Coefficient, Cb
Length Between Perpendicular,(LBP)
Length Load Line,(LL)
Main. Material
Primary Stiffeners Spacing (m)
Secondary Stiff Spacing (mm)

Figure 2: Show the ship data

130
15.5
7.5
5.5
0.65
128.5
128.5
M.S
1.5
600

Figure 3: Structural elements of a amidships

2.1 THE LIST OF STRUCTURAL MEMBER IN THE DIAGRAM ABOVE

1) Bilge Shell Plating
2) Bottom Shell Plating
3) Double Bottom tank floor
4) Keel Plate
5) Bottom Longitudinal
6) Bottom Centre Girder
7) Bottom side girder
8) Stiffener
9) Inner Bottom Plating
10) Inner Bottom Longitudinal
11) Side Stringer
12) Side Shell Plating
13) Side Shell Frame
14) Upper Deck Longitudinal
15) Web Beam
16) Upper Deck Plating
17) Hatch Side Coaming
18) Hatch Side Girder
19) Bulwark

3.0 DATA SHEET

Figure 4 : Sheet data for oil tanker scantling

4.0 CALCULATION FOR MINIMUM THICKNESS OF PLATING

MAIN DECK
Minimum Shell Plating
t=0.035 ( L+ 29 ) +0.009 s mm for 90 L 305 m
t=0.035 ( 130+29 ) +0.009(600) mm
t=10.965 mm

t=0.010965 m

KEEL
Transverse Framing

t min=s

L+ 45.73
mm for L 183 m
25 L+ 6082

t min=500

130+ 45.73
mm
25(130)+6082

t min=9.415 mm
t min=0.00942m

BOTTOM
Bottom Shell Plating

( )

t=

s
519

(L19.8)(

d
)+2.5 mm for L 183 m
Ds

5.5
( 13019.8 )(
+ 2.5 mm
( 600
)
519
7.5 )

t=

t=12.8926 mm

t=0.013 m
SIDE
Side Shell Plating
5.5
(13015.2)(
)+2.5 mm
( 600
645 )
7.5

t=

t=11.035 mm

t=0.011 m

INNER BOTTOM
Inner-bottom Plating Thickness
t=0.037 L+0.009 sc mm for L 427 mTransverse

t=0.037(128.5)+0.009(600)0.5 mm
t=9.6545 mm

t=0.0096 m

t=0.037 L+0.009 sc mm for L 427 m Longitudinal

t=0.037(128.5)+0.009( 600)1.5 mm
t=8.6545 mm

t=0.0087 m Required Values

Mw Sagging
2

M ws =k 1 C 1 L B(C b +0.7) 10
2

M ws =( 11.22 )( 8.53 ) ( 130 ) (15.5 ) ( ( 0.65+ 0.7 ) ) 10

M ws =25070343.87(1.35) 103
M ws =33844.96422 N . m

Mw Hogging
M ws =k 1 C 1 L2 B C b 103
M ws =( 19.37 )( 8.53 )( 130 )2 (15.5)(0.65) 103
M ws =28132.63498 N . m

Sheer strake
b=5 L+ 800 mm for L<200 m

b=5(130)+ 800 mm
b=1450 mm

b=1.45 m

Section Modulus

SM =C1 C2 L2 B ( Cb +0.7 ) c m 2m(i n2ft )

SM =( 8.53 ) ( 0.01 )( 130 )2 ( 15.5 ) ( ( 0.65+ 0.7 ) )
SM =22344.335 ( 1.35 )
SM =30164.85225m . c m

5.0 CONCLUSION

The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) is the best rule can be used as a guide to refer
or calculate the total ship section modulus. We can calculate size, thickness, sectional modules
and the strength for all structural members by using their rules and formula. The formula that
written in the rules is derived after researcher making full researches on the vessel scantling and
structures. The edition is upgrade and being improve by year to year, in order to make easy and
to get accurate value for each of the structural members.
We can design our own drawing with our own dimension for the structural member and
as well as for the whole vessel then we can compare the value of section modules that we get
from the table that we generate and with the value of section module that we get by using abs
rules .Then we can check the safety factor by diving both section modules to get the factor value
and the value need to be check according abs rules from there we can know whether our design
is underestimate or overestimate with the range given . Finally from the data we can rearranged
or adjust our material dimension in order to get the best value.