Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- List of Authors
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Design of Displacement Craft
- 3 Design of Dynamically Supported Craft
- 4 The Role of Adhesives
- 5 Practical Design of Joints and Attachments
- 6 Production of Ships with Single Skin Structures
- 7 Production of Yacht Hulls of Sandwich Configuration
- 8 Material Case Study - Failures and their Repairs
- 9 Response of Sandwich Structures to Slamming and Impact Loads
- 10 Fatigue Characteristics
- 11 Composites in Offshore Structures
- 12 Regulatory Aspects in Design
- 13 Quality and Safety Assessment
- 14 Design Management and Organisation
- Appendix
- Index
12 - Regulatory Aspects in Design
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 August 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- List of Authors
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Design of Displacement Craft
- 3 Design of Dynamically Supported Craft
- 4 The Role of Adhesives
- 5 Practical Design of Joints and Attachments
- 6 Production of Ships with Single Skin Structures
- 7 Production of Yacht Hulls of Sandwich Configuration
- 8 Material Case Study - Failures and their Repairs
- 9 Response of Sandwich Structures to Slamming and Impact Loads
- 10 Fatigue Characteristics
- 11 Composites in Offshore Structures
- 12 Regulatory Aspects in Design
- 13 Quality and Safety Assessment
- 14 Design Management and Organisation
- Appendix
- Index
Summary
APPLICABLE RULES
Background: IMO Code for Dynamically Supported Craft
All passenger ships in international trade carrying more than 12 passengers must meet the requirements of the International Convention for Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS). The SOLAS requirements are issued by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and represent international agreement between the contracting governments. In addition, the IMO has introduced special requirements for cargo ships and tankers, and many other recommendations which governments are invited to use as national requirements.
The IMO has also seen the need for regulations taking care of ships which embody features of a novel kind. This led to the adoption by the IMO of Resolution A.373(x), the “Code of Safety for Dynamically Supported Craft”, which was published in 1978.
The provisions of the Code are based on the following concepts:
- that the distances covered and the worst intended environmental conditions in which operations are permitted will be restricted
- that the craft will at all times be in reasonable proximity to a place of refuge
- that specified facilities will be available at the base port from which the craft operates
- that the Administration is able to exercise strict control over the operation of the craft
- that rescue facilities can be rapidly provided at all points in the intended service
- that all passengers are provided with a seat and no sleeping berths are provided
- that facilities are provided for rapid evacuation into suitable survival craft
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- Composite Materials in Maritime Structures , pp. 229 - 259Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1993