Sentence examples for tanker bottom from inspiring English sources

The specimens, scaled from a tanker bottom floor, are limited by one span between the longitudinal girders and the inner and outer bottom plates.

A system reliability analysis of an oil tanker bottom component which consists of a stiffened panel under combined uniaxial compression and lateral sea pressure loads is presented in this paper.

Fig. 3 Visual comparison of two very similar classes: crude oil tanker (top row) and oil products tanker (bottom row).

Life on a tanker can be trying.

The second stage is concerned with stiffeners since stiffeners are indispensable components for double-bottom tankers.

An investigation is carried out in this paper for the predictions of structural performance of double-bottom tankers during ship grounding over the "shoal" type seabed obstacles.

Spurred on by rock bottom oil prices, tankers and cargo ships are turning back the clock and taking routes across the globe more akin to schooners of the 19th century than the technological marvels that ply the seas these days.

Some gasoline shoppers labor under certain old wives' tales: independent stations sell gas that is watered down, or comes from the bottom of an oil tanker and is somehow dirtier than brand-name gas.

In double-hull tankers, both the sides and the bottom of the ship have inner and outer plates with a space between, which can prevent or limit spills if the ship runs aground.

The optimum design results are compared with existing Random Search RSS) multi-objective function method and Evolutionary Strategy (ES) multi-objective function method by performing the optimum designs of double bottom structure and double hull tanker which have discrete design values.

But, then again, inclement weather could have caused that tanker to drag its anchor across the bottom and render everything FUBAR.