Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 General requirements
  4.1 General
  4.2 Strength
  4.3 Positive closure
  4.4 Watertightness
      4.4.1 Minimum degree of watertightness
      4.4.2 Additional requirements related to
            watertightness
5 Plate materials
  5.1 General
  5.2 Acrylic sheet materials
  5.3 Glass
      5.3.1 Restrictions of usage
6 Specific requirements
  6.1 End connection and location of plate
      6.1.1 Simply supported plates
      6.1.2 Semi-fixed plates
  6.2 Fastening requirements
      6.2.1 Fastening of plates and frames
      6.2.2 Fastening of semi-fixed plates
      6.2.3 Fastening of glued plates
  6.3 Special requirements
      6.3.1 Appliances fitted in Area 1
      6.3.2 Appliances fitted in Area 2 a
      6.3.3 Sliding appliances
      6.3.4 Doors made with removable sections: washboards
      6.3.5 Locking system
      6.3.6 Deadlights
      6.3.7 Multihull escape hatches
      6.3.8 Commercially available appliances
7 Scantling determination of non-stiffened plates
  7.1 Monolithic plate thickness determination
      7.1.1 Determination based on allowable stress criterion
      7.1.2 Determination based on allowable deflection
            criterion
      7.1.3 Applicability of 7.1.1 and 7.1.2
  7.2 Selection of monolithic plate thickness
  7.3 Plate aspect-ratio coefficients, k[r] and k[f]
  7.4 Basic design pressure
  7.5 Pressure reduction factor
  7.6 Curvature coefficient
  7.7 Flexural strength and modulus of elasticity
  7.8 Safety factor and minimum plate thickness
  7.9 Laminated glass thickness
8 Sandwich plates, stiffened and/or supported plates
Annex A (normative) Appliance location areas
Annex B (normative) Types of plate edge connection
Annex C (normative) Unsupported plate dimensions
Annex D (normative) Method of test
Annex E (normative) High-impact-resistance glass
Annex F (informative) Precalculated tables
Annex G (informative) Background information
Bibliography