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FOREWORD
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Conditions of Release
General
MOD Tender or Contract Process
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Health and Safety
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CONTENTS
SECTION 1 - MATERIAL AND QUALITY OF ASSEMBLY
            1.1 Material Requirements
            1.2 Steel Hull Plating
            1.3 Hull Stiffeners
            1.4 Other Structure
            1.5 Plate Rolling Tolerances
            1.6 Corrosion Allowances
            1.7 Initial Imperfections and Residual Stresses
            1.8 Quality of Hull Assembly
            1.9 Use of Materials other than Steel
            1.10 Ruggedness
SECTION 2 - STRUCTURAL CONTINUITY
SECTION 3 - REQUIREMENTS FOR HULL STRUCTURE
            3.1 Longitudinal Strength
            3.2 Local In-Plane Strength
            3.3 Transverse Strength
            3.4 Shear Strength
            3.5 Torsion
            3.6 Berthing
            3.7 Docking
            3.8 Slamming Pressures
            3.9 Transom
            3.10 Ice Strengthening
            3.11 Other Design Requirements
SECTION 4 - MAIN DECKS
            4.1 Longitudinal Strength
            4.2 In Plane Strength
            4.3 Strength under Lateral Load
            4.4 Concentrated Loads
            4.5 Pressures due to Weapon Firing
            4.6 Anchoring, Mooring and Towing Loads
            4.7 Wheel Loads
            4.8 Other Requirements
SECTION 5 - MAIN BULKHEADS
            5.1 Lateral Load
            5.2 In-Plane Loads
            5.3 Bulkheads Supporting Superstructure
            5.4 Explosive Loading
SECTION 6 - SUPERSTRUCTURE
            6.1 Loads due to Hull Bending
            6.2 Lateral Loads
SECTION 7 - MINOR STRUCTURE
            7.1 Loading
            7.2 Strength
            7.3 Ruggedness
SECTION 8 - SPECIAL STRUCTURES AND STRUCTURAL
            DETAILS
            8.1 Flight Decks and Aircraft Parking Areas
            8.2 Masts
            8.3 Rudders
            8.4 Bilge Keels
            8.5 Shaft Brackets
            8.6 Structural Connections
            8.7 Deep Stiffeners
            8.8 Seatings
            8.9 Structure in Way of RAS Reception Points
SECTION 9 - FATIGUE
            9.1 Design Practice
            9.2 Fatigue Design
SECTION 10 - VIBRATION AND HULL STIFFNESS
             10.1 Personnel Efficiency and Discomfort
             10.2 Equipment Malfunction
             10.3 Structural Damage
             10.4 Hull Stiffness and Datums
SECTION 11 - RESISTANCE TO WEAPON ATTACK
             11.1 Underwater Explosions
             11.2 Air-Blast
             11.3 Small Arms Attack
SECTION 12 - STATEMENT OF TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS
             FOR STRUCTURE
SECTION 13 - DESIGN DISCLOSURE AND ENDORSEMENT
ANNEX A - RELATED DOCUMENTS
ANNEX B - DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS
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