ABS/RINA EXTENT of NDT Requirements for Barges & Pontoons

Extent, 0.6L

YL Wong:
ABS Rule requires the L to be
96% of Waterline at 85% of t
Moulded Depth. For the case
Barge Design, the Rule Length
effectively taken as
Overall Length x 96%

n in Red Font
ABS [0.6L]Minimum Quantity of Check_Points [for RT, X-ray Films]Input
In Metric Barge Principal Dimensions
n = L(B +D)/46.5 LOverall 330 ft 100.58 m
Where Bm 120 ft 36.58 m
n is Minimum Number of Checkpoints [For RT, X-ray Films] Dm 21 ft 6.40 m
L is Length between Perpendiculars L (m) Metric [SI or MKS]
B is the Greatest Moulded Breadth (m)
D is Moulded Depth (m) at L/2 Checkpoints Calculation [for RT, Qty of X-rays]
In Imperial n 90
n = L(B+D)/500 Imperial [US]
n 90

Compare RINA's Rules (0.6L)

In Metric
n = L(B +D)/46 n 91
Compare BKI's Rules (0.5L)
In Metric
n = L(B +D)/46.5 n 93
 YL Wong:
ABS Rule requires the L to be equal to
96% of Waterline at 85% of the
Moulded Depth. For the case of Typical
Barge Design, the Rule Length L can be
effectively taken as Barge Weight Estimator
Overall Length x 96%

M4 M3 M2 M1 B
147.623 53.0462 16.99142 2.878533 -2303.975
12.70502 7.244693 0.63576 0.46396 140.2071
0.991122 32.03702 #N/A #N/A #N/A
1172.182 42 #N/A #N/A #N/A
4812371 43107.56 #N/A #N/A #N/A

T, Qty of X-rays]

Barge Weight Calculator

Input in Red Font
L B D L_Bhd

300 84 18 2
Weight of Barge 1,237 T
L B D L_Bhd

300 80 18 2
330 84 20 3
90 21
100
120