Rules I Ship Technology

Part 1 Seagoing Ships

Chapter 2 Machinery Installations

Section 1 General Requirements and Guidance

Table 1.4 Other ambient conditions

Location Conditions
Ability to withstand oil vapour and salt-laden air
Trouble-free operation within the temperature ranges
in all spaces stated in Table 1.3, and with a relative humidity up to
100 % at a reference temperature of 45 °C
Tolerance to condensation is assumed
In specially protected con- 80 % relative humidity at a reference temperature of
trol rooms 45 °C
Ability to withstand temporary flooding with seawater
On the open deck
and salt-laden spray

C.2.1.4 Attention has to be paid to vibration stresses over the whole relevant operating range of the
vibration generator.
Where the vibration is generated by an engine, consideration is to be extended to the whole available
working speed range and, where appropriate, to the whole power range.

C.2.1.5 The procedure described in the following is largely standardized. Basically, a substitution
quantity is formed for the vibration stress or the intensity of the exciter spectrum (cf. C.2.2.1). This quanti-
ty is then compared with permissible or guaranteed values to check that it is admissible.

C.2.1.6 The procedure mentioned in C.2.1.5 takes only incomplete account of the physical facts. The
aim is to evaluate the true alternating stresses or alternating forces. No simple relationship exists be-
tween the actual loading and the substitution quantities: vibration amplitude vibration velocity and vibra-
tion acceleration at external parts of the frame. Nevertheless this procedure is adopted since it at present
appears to be the only one which can be implemented in a reasonable way. For these reasons it is ex-
pressly pointed out that the magnitude of the substitution quantities applied in relation to the relevant lim-
its enables no conclusion to be drawn concerning the reliability or loading of components as long as these
limits are not exceeded. It is, in particular, inadmissible to compare the loading of components of different
reciprocating machines by comparing the substitution quantities measured at the engine frame.

C.2.1.7 For reciprocating machinery, the following statements are only applicable for outputs over
100 kW and speeds below 3000 min-1.

C.2.2 Assessment

C.2.2.1 In assessing the vibration stresses imposed on machinery, equipment and hull structures, the
vibration velocity v$ is generally used as a criterion for the prevailing vibration stress. The same criterion
is used to evaluate the intensity of the vibration spectrum produced by a vibration exciter (cf. C.2.1.2).
In the case of a purely sinusoidal oscillation, the effective value of the vibration velocity veff can be calcu-
lated by the formula:

1 1 1 aˆ
veff sˆ vˆ (1)
2 2 2
in which
s$ : vibration displacement amplitude
v$ : vibration velocity amplitude
veff : effective value of vibration velocity
â : vibration acceleration amplitude
: angular velocity of vibration.

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