Bulkhead design

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  1. saeedfa
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    hello
    i want to design a watertight bulkhead, so according to DNVGL the require thickness for plate and stiffener section modulus are calculated. there are one vertical center girder and two horizontal girder on the bulkhead.
    the question is, in calculation of vertical girder, the span of girder must be from keel to deck or the spacing between two horizontal girder?
    i consider the span of two horizontal girder from bulkhead side to vertical girder.
     
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    thank for your answer
    in the first stage of design i dont want to use any horizontal or vertical girder, but the vertical stiffener become so large, so i use 2 horizontal girder to decrease them. but because of large width of bulkhead, the span of horizontal girder is too much, so i decided to use a vertical girder for decrease it.
    now i dont know in the calculation of vertical girder span, i must consider the span of vertical girder from keel to deck or from keel to horizontal girders
     
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    thank you TANSL
    are you familiar to DNVGL rule for HSLC?
    i have a post about ICE class vessel, please put a comment if you can help me
    is there any reference for unsupported length of web frames according to DNVGL? i see a post about unsupported length of girder according to ABS, and they say if there is a knuckle in hull that angle more less than 150 degree, so that is a support point for girder. is there a reference like this in DNVGL?
     
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    Decrease the pitch of the verticals stiffeners.
     
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    Ad HOC if your mean for Pitch of vertical stiffeners is the spacing between them, i consider it about 200 mm, so i think it is very small.
     
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    Well, if the WTB is only 0.3m wide...it is not an issue. If the WTB is 10.0m wide, it is an issue.
    Without seeing the WTB, and its dimensions, there is little else to offer.

    A picture tells a thousand words...
     
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    upload_2020-7-16_2-48-43.png
    the bulkhead width is about 5.4 m and the bulkhead height is about 1.8 m
     
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    Thanks for the picture.

    Well... I dint see anything wrong with what is shown.
    The only way you can reduce the number of verticals, is as you attempted. But it is bit of a fools errand since the depth of the WTB is not much at all.

    A horizontal member must support the verticals, if you wish to reduce the number of them... thus, the horizontal member will be over sized.

    Whichever way you go...shall depend upon whether you think 200mm spacing is sufficient or not.
     
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    I have question about pressure on bulkhead vertical girder:
    in the calculation of section modulus for bulkhead vertical girder, we must use pressure on bottom of vertical girder or pressure on mid span of girder ?
     
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    That's up to you and how much redundancy you feel you need. Assuming worse case is usually best procedure.
    But.. in general, you if want, you can assume the location of the pressure to be at 1/3rd from the base, since the pressure from max at bottom to zero at the top.
     
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    As noted on your other thread Saeedfa, you need to understand structural terms.
    As it appears other posters whom make invisible posts, for some unknown reasons, also do not understand basic structural terms.

    When the head of a WTB is 0, the pressure is zero.

    Pressure = rho.g.h.

    Rho = density of fluid
    g = 9.81 m/s2
    h = depth from top of member vertical down.

    When h = 0, Pressure = 0.

    Simple.
     
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    When calculating watertight bulkheads, a load height is taken that is above the top of the bulkhead, a height that the regulations give, varying its value according to the type of watertight bulkhead. Therefore, at the top of the bulkhead, the design pressure is greater than zero (h>0, Pressure>0)

    Simple.
     
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    Oh... look.. the post is still there.. how strange!... must be a trick with the eye.

    And where in structural theory does it refer to rules... hmm....it doesn't. Thus, who is talking about regulations?
    That's the problem with posters only debate referring to rules rules and rules, rather than understanding structural theory, it takes more than a cut n paste of rule.

    But hey, wait 5mins, i'm sure the post will magically disappear like the others :eek:.... and then the thread shall return to normality again. o_O
     

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    Yes, the post is still here and the next one will also remain in this thread (and perhaps others) :
    I am not impressed by your money, position or title. I am impressed by how you treat others.
    It´s nice to Be Important, But More important to Be Nice¡

    Aaah, sorry, i forgot : :D:mad:

    Simple.
     
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