Steel ships, their construction and maintenance : a manual for shipbuilders, ship superintendents, students, and marine engineers (1901)
Walton, Thomas · London : Charles Griffin & Co. ; Philadelphia : Lippincott · leaf 89
sons, but * stringers. These also vary in numberand size according to the depth and size of the vessel. (See figs. 7 to 12.) While it is necessary to cover the framing with a skin, the fact shouldnot be overlooked that the shell plating forms au enormous contribution tothe longitudinal strength.… … Fig. 30.—Showing tendency/to sag. ship girder further strengthened by the bottom shell plating and decks.Stringers and decks render additional service in resisting longitudinaltwisting when a vessel is crossing skew seas and rolling heavily. In con-sidering the actual strength of a ship girder at a…
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