Sea tests of the USCGC Unimak pressures, strains and deflections of the bottom plating incident to slamming¹

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Greenspon, J.E. | Jasper, N.H. | Birmingham, J.T.

Note: [1] Publication David Taylor Model Basin, Washington.

Abstract: This report presents and discusses some of the test data taken in the early part of 1955 during rough-water sea trials of a Coast Guard cutter on weather patrol duty. The data includes the impact pressures incident to slamming as well as the corresponding strains and deflections of the forward bottom plating. These measurements are compared with results obtained from theoretical considerations, and strength estimates are made for typical bottom plates of selected ships.

DOI: 10.3233/ISP-1956-32502

Journal: International Shipbuilding Progress, vol. 3, no. 25, pp. 474-486, 1956