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CHAPTER 7 DOUBLE BOTTOMS ······················································································ 53
Section 1 General ·········································································································· 53
Section 2 Centre Girders and Side Girders ····························································· 55
Section 3 Solid Floors ··································································································· 58
Section 4 Bottom Longitudinals ·················································································· 60
Section 5 Inner Bottom Plating, Margin Plates and Bottom Shell Plating ······· 62
Section 6 Hold Frame Brackets ················································································· 65
Section 7 Open Floors ·································································································· 65
Section 8 Construction of Strengthened Bottom Forward ··································· 66
CHAPTER 8 FRAMES ··········································································································· 71
Section 1 General ·········································································································· 71
Section 2 Frame Spacing ····························································································· 72
Section 3 Hold Frames ································································································· 72
Section 4 Side Longitudinals ······················································································· 76
Section 5 Tween Deck Frames ·················································································· 77
CHAPTER 9 WEB FRAMES AND SIDE STRINGERS ···················································· 79
Section 1 General ·········································································································· 79
Section 2 Web Frames ································································································ 79
Section 3 Side Stringers ······························································································ 80
Section 4 Side Transverse ··························································································· 82
Section 5 Cantilever Beams ························································································ 83
CHAPTER 10 BEAMS ··········································································································· 89
Section 1 General ·········································································································· 89
Section 2 Deck Load ···································································································· 90
Section 3 Longitudinal Beams ···················································································· 92
Section 4 Transverse Beams ······················································································ 93
CHAPTER 11 DECK GIRDERS ··························································································· 95
Section 1 General ·········································································································· 95
Section 2 Longitudinal Deck Girders ········································································· 95
Section 3 Transverse Deck Girders ··········································································· 98
Section 4 Deck Girders in Tanks ··············································································· 98
Section 5 Hatch Side Girders ····················································································· 99
Section 6 Hatch End Girders ······················································································ 99
CHAPTER 12 PILLARS ······································································································ 101
Section 1 General ········································································································ 101
Section 2 Scantling of Pillars ···················································································· 101