Tanker Spills:

Prevention by Design

Status: Available Now

Size: 384 pages, 6 x 9

Publication Year:1991

Print	List Price	Your Price

HARDBACK ISBN-10: 0-309-04377-8 ISBN-13: 978-0-309-04377-9	$39.95	$35.96	Add to Cart

PDF	Your Price
PDF Download [17.6 MB]	$31.00	Add to Cart
PDF? What am I buying?

Authors:
Committee on Tank Vessel Design, National Research Council
Authoring Organizations

Description:
Can we design an oil tanker that meets our complex demands for environmental protection, economical operation, and crew safety? This volume evaluates and ranks a wide variety of tank ship hull designs proposed by experts around the world.
Based on extensive ...
Read More

Paste into your Web page:

<!-- Start NAP Book Display -->
<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0" width="175" height="250" id="napbookwrapper" align="middle">
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" />
<param name="movie" value="http://www.nap.edu/napbookwrapper.swf" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
<param name="flashvars" value="wid=381071919220091123143036&record_id=1621" />
<embed src="http://www.nap.edu/napbookwrapper.swf" quality="high" flashvars="wid=381071919220091123143036&record_id=1621" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="175" height="250" name="napbookwrapper" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed>
</object>

Preview

Free Resources

Full Text
Jump to this book's table of contents to begin reading online for free.

Related Items:
Related Titles

Web Search Builder
Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web.

Reference Finder
Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic.

PDF Summary
Download executive summary in PDF.

Reprint Permission
Request permission to license or reprint the book's content through Copyright Clearance Center's Rightslink.

Request Permission to Distribute a PDF

Request Translation Rights

Questions About Rights and Permissions?

Table of Contents
Select a link below to start reading online free!
Front Matter	i-xxx
1 Introduction	1-28	(skim)
2 Tank Vessel Design, Operation, and Regulation	29-54	(skim)
3 Physical Bases of Phenomena Active in Casualties	55-76	(skim)
4 Engineering Considerations	77-100	(skim)
5 Design Alternatives	101-157	(skim)
6 Benefits and Costs of Design Changes	158-181	(skim)
7 The Need for Research	182-189	(skim)
Summary of References	190-198	(skim)
Appendix A: MARPOL 73/78 Annex I	199-207	(skim)
Appendix B: Structural Design of Tankers	208-214	(skim)
Appendix C: Large Tanker Structural Survey Experience	215-217	(skim)
Appendix D: 35,000 DWT Tanker Cargo Capacity and Damage Stability Study	218-225	(skim)
Appendix E: Double Hull Tanker Design	226-237	(skim)
Appendix F: Comparative Study on Potential Oil Spill in Collision and/or Grounding--Different Tanker Designs	238-302	(skim)
Appendix G: Transport Cost Model Calculations	303-313	(skim)
Appendix H: Expert Judgment Technique	314-322	(skim)
Appendix I: Biographies of Committee Members	323-327	(skim)
Appendix J: Presentations to the Committee	328-329	(skim)
Appendix K: Committee Estimates of Oil Outflow Relative to MARPOL Standard	330-334	(skim)
Glossary	335-338	(skim)
Index	339-350	(skim)

Description

Can we design an oil tanker that meets our complex demands for environmental protection, economical operation, and crew safety? This volume evaluates and ranks a wide variety of tank ship hull designs proposed by experts around the world.
Based on extensive research and studies, the book explores the implications of our rising demand for petroleum and increase in tanker operations; U.S. government regulations and U.S. Coast Guard policies regarding designs for new tank vessel construction; how new ship design would affect crew safety, maintenance, inspection, and other technical issues; the prospects for retrofitting existing tankers to reduce the risk of oil spills; and more.
The conclusions and recommendations will be particularly important to maritime safety regulators in the United States and abroad; naval architects; ship operators and engineers; and officials in the petroleum, shipping, and marine insurance industries.

Authoring Organizations

About the PDF: What am I Buying?

About Our PDFs

This book can be purchased as a computer file. The format of the file is called a "PDF". To open, view and print the file, you must have third party software (e.g. Adobe Reader or XPDF) installed on your computer.

Benefits of Buying a PDF

Instant. Buy it, download it immediately, and start reading.
Convenient. Download it to your laptop and read it whenever, wherever.
Searchable. Search for any word or phrase.

What are my options?

If you want ...	Then ...
... a computer file containing the entire book	... buy a PDF
... to read the book immediately and also own a copy for your bookshelf	... buy the bundle
... a copy for your bookshelf	... buy the book

Will my PDF be emailed to me?

No. After buying the PDF, we will email you instructions on how to download the file from our Web site. The PDF file will not be emailed to you.

See our Frequently Asked Questions for more information including:

Search This Book

»Find more like this book

SIGN UP FOR...

New Title Emails
Read about the newest releases and receive special offers.