[modeleng] Re: **SPAM: OT Big Sea Crane/ Not steam at all !

--- Clif Walker wrote:

 Interestingly acording to that old 
> chap Archimedes, in order to lift 14,000 Tons the ship must displace that 
> amount of water as it lifts.
>

Archimedes Principle is the basis of all ship stability calculations and is 
performed daily on all
floating drilling rigs and before major lifts on offshore construction barges - 
as well as on
other vessels before/after loading.

Not so long ago it used to be done longhand/manually, but these days the 
process is computerised,
but then what calculations aren't?!

Dave
Saudi-Arabia-On-Sea
Serving Master Mariner in the offshore oil industry


        
        
                
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