Guide on improvement for Structural Connections and Sample Structural Details — Service Experience and Modifications — for Tankers July 1995 American Bureau of Shipping Incorporated by the Legislature of the State of New York 1862 Copyright © 1995 American Bureau of Shipping Two World Trade Center, 106th Floor New York, NY 10048 U.S.A1.0 20 GENERAL This Guide Kdentifies the influential parameters and provides guidelines on improvement of structural connections. It also provides for reference illustrations of local structural failures experienced in some existing tankers and the corrective measures as complied by the Tanker Structure Cooperative Forum (1986) and from the American Bureau of Shipping's data files. INFLUENTIAL PARAMETERS For design of structural details, due consideration is to be given to the following influential parameters. 241 Loading Patterns and Nominal Stresses ‘The foad distribution among the surrounding structural members and the corresponding nominal stresses at the location considered should be examined for the combined ioad cases specified in 5/2A3.5.2 of the Rules. It Is important to consider the combined effects of all the simultaneously imposed load components, rather than only one selected > e= Lowen Te ADVACEIIF rcaok Ok PeANsvee se VIEW A. A Figure 2(c) Longitudinal End Bracket " “Siete FRACTUREModitication Existing WASH BUCKHEAD air ADDITIONAL BEAL ET a 7704 FADER Figure 3{a) Connection of Bottom Girder and Swash Bulkhead 12Modification Existing DECK, SHELL 0b LoMeL BHD ck, SHELL OR (“conet aap zonee NS TR) PRIN Nazir es ww war oF Beacker TRANS. WEB CUTOUT Figure 3(b) Tripping Bracket on Trans. Web 13Modification Existing 7O COMPENSATE FOR LUE INEPEIGIEN EY UM wad OF wibe ZIT SECOND LUG AND =) FRACTURDE INNER BOTTOM FRACTURE | 1 i Zonet > te Figure 3(c} Connection of Longitudinal to Floor in D.B. 14Modification Existing LL 08 Lonee SHELL 08 eo Figure &(d) Connection of Longitudinal to Trans. Web po veans. Wee ae Csgssrease “WEB CED) ox Stee “SFescrve ed e00/r8 2e LONCL Alreanare Vion AnaModification Existing PPRBVIDE LARGE BADISS [ a7 zescesT roe | enear exce weare steed [| penceer Foe nD Taber pace puare 1/28 Loneee, paeenesS 0 way OF ace PLATE SNIPE: | Lae remene seacker Cresnsneese ~ CULLN EAD enveceE S “gover Burenese Figure 4{a) Tapered Face Plate of Horizontal Girder 16Modification Existing LONGITUCINAL BULKHEAD SumoRT Race Steaua | se ( / \ (arresdures MaineY To OMISzION wr ree2iie OF Tapona Seaccer pe AL ResoHHENDED. Figure 4{b) Connection of Transverse Face Plate and Bhd PlatingExisting aero BOTTOM TRANSVERSE Figure 4(c) Brackat Tos on Bottom Transverse 18Modification Existing cir wanes [sor Nose BET se Ler og (Aer ERATIVE FoR SET 7OE END Aon FEAL LORE i] Coe SWELL OR Zonet BHD Loned Figure 4(d) Bracket Toe on Longitudinal 19Existing we Lagce aanwe~ a aN; cacu renmine Beseeer 70 wac® Pare yew A-A Coonce rasnsvense pails HR DUE TO SLOWING LOADS JM PaeTiALey A1LLED PANE AnD S7RELS CORCENTEATION WN way BF SNIPER TRIPPING BeAcLET, Figure 4(e) Sniped Tripping Bracket on Horizontal 20Modification Existing occa Gre 2ck (otrsaaace 05°74) en P2avibE SURORT FOR A ie oe | NUCRLES IN SrRUCTUE EE ELEMENTS A & = eae = iL _3— EL mace Pare Swine comes , Borron seeee Figure 5 Examples for Knuckle Effects 24Full penetration welet S750 ee Full penetration Gpe hele [welds > 75 mm ground back: Figure 6 Improved Cope Hole Details 22penetration 2 Sem ) ‘ Longitudinal \ \ < Figure 7 Improved Brackets Toes 2a