| Summary: | Studies are carried out to find a suitable basis of specifyingscantlings for wooden fishing vessels for India, specially for the range301 to 501 length overall. Equations of the type y=a + bNt (where'y' is scantling in inches, N is cubic numeral in ftB and 'a', 'b' areconstants) are fitted to the scantling tables (applicable to vessels 50'and above) available from U.S. A., Newfoundland, Denmark, Franceand Scotland and they are found to represent the regulations accurately.These Jines are corrected for standard frame and beam spacingsand moulded/sided dimensions to bring them on a common basis forcomparison and minimum scantling lines for the main structuralmembers are derived. These lines are extended to cover the range30' to 501 which is generally outside the range of the aboveregulations.
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