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RULES FOR BUILDING AND CLASSING
STEEL BARGES
2015
NOTICE NO. 1 – JULY 2015
The following Rule Changes were approved by the ABS Rules
Committee on 10 June 2015 andbecome EFFECTIVE AS OF 1 JULY
2015.
(See http://www.eagle.org for the consolidated version of the
Rules for Building and Classing Steel Barges 2015,
with all Notices and Corrigenda incorporated.)
Notes - The date in the parentheses means the date that
the Rule becomes effective for new construction based
on the contract date for construction, unless otherwise noted.
(See 1-1-4/3.3.)
PART 3 HULL CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPMENT
CHAPTER 2 HULL STRUCTURES AND ARRANGEMENTS
SECTION 12 WELDING
9 Fillet Welds
(Revise Paragraph 3-2-12/9.1, as follows:)
9.1 General (1 July 2015)
The actual sizes of fillet welds are subject to approval in each
individual case, and are to be indicated ondetail drawings or on a
separate welding schedule. Frames, beams, bulkhead stiffeners,
floors and intercostals,etc. are to have at least the disposition
and sizes of intermittent or continuous fillet welds as required
by3-2-12/Table 1. Where it is desirable to substitute continuous
welding for intermittent welding as given in3-2-12/Table 1, a
reduction from the required size of fillet may be allowed if
equivalent strength is provided.It may be required that special
precautions such as the use of preheat or low-hydrogen-type
electrodes or processes be employed where small fillets are
used for attachment to heavy plates. Fillet welds may be
made by an approved manual or automatic process. Where the gap
between the faying surfaces of members exceeds
2.0 mm (1/16 in.) and is not greater than 5 mm
(3/16 in.), the weld leg size is to be increased by the
amountof the opening. Where the gap between members is greater than
5 mm (3/16 in.), fillet weld sizes and weld procedures
are to be specially approved by the Surveyor. Completed welds are
to be to the Surveyor’ssatisfaction.
For all welds in ballast tanks required to be in compliance with
the IMO PSPC and/or IMO PSPC-COTRegulations, continuous welding is
to be adopted.
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