In designing a watertight structure, you are more concerned with how much water pressure the structure must withstand, not so much the wind pressure, since water is much denser than air. Normal wind pressure is one thing, but if you want to design the shed to withstand and unusual wind event...
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There is quite an extensive list of these publications, and some are updated yearly.
Since your barge is located inland, I don't see why you can't use the appropriate wind loadings and...
The Merchant Marine is divided into roughly two camps: The Deck Department, which is in charge of navigating and driving the ship and the Engine Department, which employs the engineers who keep the machinery turning for the Deck Department.
The Engine Department is not in charge of navigating...
Calculating the center of buoyancy and other properties of floating or submerged bodies is handled by special computer programs which calculate the hydrostatic properties of vessels. Typically, the buoyant portions of a vessel are described numerically and this description is used to calculate...
