PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF BENDING-MOMENT DATA FROM SHIPS AT SEA.

• Main Authors: Fritch,D. J., Bailey,F. C., Wise,N. S.
• Other Authors: LESSELLS AND ASSOCIATES INC BOSTON MASS
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1963
• Subjects: STRESSES; SHIPS; CARGO SHIPS; DATA PROCESSING; ATLANTIC OCEAN; OCEAN WAVES; PRESSURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL PREDICTION; TABLES(DATA); Psi; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0436877; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0436877

Data playback, manual reduction and analysis techniques, and the automatic system to be used for future analysis are presented. Examples are given of some forms of longterm trends. Useful data were obtained on over 85% of voyages representing three ship-years of operation of a C-4 dry cargo vessel o...