design of concrete barge
design of concrete barge
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I am part of the R&D team in our company. we deal basically on vertical structures. Currently we are looking into designing a concrete barge for shipping aggregates for our sister company.
1.) Can anybody lead me to a literature or website to get some ideas on this item?
2.) Does anyone have tips on doing this?
1.) Can anybody lead me to a literature or website to get some ideas on this item?
2.) Does anyone have tips on doing this?






RE: design of concrete barge
Do a web search for 'ferrocement' and see what pops up... There was a big push for this back then; Nervi, an Italian architect, was heavily involved with it...
RE: design of concrete barge
RE: design of concrete barge
There isn't much in the literature in recent years except for construction of ferrocement hulls for small yachts and so on as in dik's reply, but the following ref should be useful to you for larger vessels:
'Concrete Afloat' Published by Thomas Telford Ltd London 1977. ISBN 0 7277 0048 0.
It won't be in print but a decent library should be able to locate it for you.
(The largest concrete ship of recent years is for the N'kossa field offshore coast of Africa built by Buoygues.)
I'm in a bit of a rush so apologies for the quick reply.
If you have some specific points come back, and I'll see what I can dig up.
Hope this helps.
Good luck.
RE: design of concrete barge
http://bookshop.blackwell.co.uk/
RE: design of concrete barge
If there are any other leads or tips, i will appreciate it very much.