DEFSTAN 02-155(PT1)/1(2000) : 2000

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FOREWORD
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CONTENTS
SECTION 1 - DRAWINGS
SECTION 2 - MATERIALS
            2.1 Ship Types
            2.2 Design Requirements
            2.3 Material Requirements
            2.4 Hull Plating
            2.5 Hull Stiffeners
            2.6 Other Structure
            2.7 Fabrication of Structural Steels
            2.8 Steel Castings
            2.9 Steel Forgings
            2.10 Cast Iron
            2.11 Aluminium and Aluminium Alloys
            2.12 Fasteners Used in Aluminium Alloy Joints
            2.13 Copper and Copper-Based Alloys
SECTION 3 - GENERAL
            3.1 Holes in Structure
            3.2 Limber Holes and Air Escape Holes
            3.3 Drainage of Tank Tops
            3.4 Structure that is Highly Stressed
            3.5 Accessibility of Structure for Maintenance
            3.6 Miscellaneous Small Tanks
            3.7 Lifting Arrangements for Auxiliary Machinery
                and Equipment
            3.8 Zinc Plated Steel Fasteners
SECTION 4 - SHELL PLATING
            4.1 Openings in Shell Plating
SECTION 5 - INNER BOTTOM AND TANK TOPS
            5.1 Access Through Inner Bottom
            5.2 Drainage in Main Machinery Spaces
            5.3 Preservation of Inner Bottom
SECTION 6 - STEM AND STERN
            6.1 Stem
            6.2 Stern
SECTION 7 - KEEL AND LONGITUDINALS
            7.1 Flat Plate Keel
            7.2 Vertical Centre Keel
            7.3 Holes in Vertical Centre Keel
            7.4 Stiffening to Vertical and Flat Keel Plates
            7.5 Longitudinals
            7.6 Holes in Longitudinals
SECTION 8 - FRAMES AND BULKHEADS
            8.1 Holes in Frames
            8.2 Bulkheads
            8.3 Main Bulkheads
            8.4 Load Bearing Bulkheads
            8.5 Partition Bulkheads
SECTION 9 - DECKS AND PLATFORMS
            9.1 General
            9.2 Beams
            9.3 Girders and Stiffeners
            9.4 Openings in Decks
SECTION 10 - SUPERSTRUCTURES
             10.1 Bridges and Deckhouses
             10.2 Masts
             10.3 Platforms
SECTION 11 - PILLARS
             11.1 Pillaring Functions
             11.2 Materials
             11.3 Siting
             11.4 Connections
SECTION 12 - BRACKETS
             12.1 Welding
SECTION 13 - REINFORCEMENT
SECTION 14 - WATERTIGHT INTEGRITY
SECTION 15 - PREFABRICATION
             15.1 Principles
             15.2 Quality of Hull Assembly
             15.3 Accuracy of Components
             15.4 Stowage of Material and Units
             15.5 Lifting Precautions and Fixings
SECTION 16 - WELDING AND RIVETING
             16.1 Welding
             16.2 Riveting
SECTION 17 - RUDDERS
             17.1 Types of Rudders
             17.2 Rudder Construction
             17.3 Rudder Bearings-General
             17.4 Rudder Bearings-Stellite
             17.5 Stocks
             17.6 Sleeve and Bearing Blanks
             17.7 Weld Cladding, Heat Treatment and NDT
             17.8 Finishing Operations (Sleeves)
             17.9 Procedure A
             17.10 Alternative Procedure B
             17.11 Finishing Operations (Liners)
             17.12 Rudder Bearing Clearances-Stellite
             17.13 Rudder Bearings-Non-Stellite
             17.14 Rudder Bearing Clearances-Non Stellite
             17.15 Lubrication of Bearings
             17.16 Rudder Crossheads and Tillers
             17.17 Shipping and Unshipping Rudders
SECTION 18 - STABILIZERS
             18.1 Fins
             18.2 Reinforcement
             18.3 Preservation of Stabilizer Fins
SECTION 19 - SHAFT BRACKETS, SHAFT TUBES AND ARRANGEMENTS
             FOR UNSHIPPING PROPELLERS
             19.1 Shaft Brackets
             19.2 Shaft Tubes
             19.3 Alignment
             19.4 Eddy Plates and Rope Guards
             19.5 Shipping and Unshipping the Propellers
SECTION 20 - BILGE KEELS
SECTION 21 - PROPULSION MACHINERY SEATS
             21.1 General
             21.2 Ships with Double Bottoms
             21.3 Ships without Double Bottoms
SECTION 22 - AUXILIARY MACHINERY SEATS
SECTION 23 - BULWARKS AND BREAKWATERS
             23.1 Bulwarks
             23.2 Breakwaters
SECTION 24 - WEATHERDECK EQUIPMENT
             24.1 Hawse Pipes
             24.2 Navel Pipes
             24.3 Cable Clenches
SECTION 25 - OVERHEAD ARRANGEMENTS FOR HANDLING
             EQUIPMENT OR STORES
SECTION 26 - TESTS AND INSPECTIONS
             26.1 Water Testing
             26.2 Air Testing
             26.3 Hose Testing
             26.4 Non-Destructive Examination
ANNEX A - RELATED DOCUMENTS
ANNEX B - DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS
ANNEX C - PROCUREMENT CHECK LIST
ALPHABETICAL INDEX

Contains the general requirements and practices to be considered when carrying out the planning, preparation of drawings and the structural arrangements of a steel surface ship.