tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post3060930484890126081..comments2024-03-11T11:37:23.714-04:00Comments on Not Another Episcopal Church Blog: The Coast Guard Forgot About the Wine Skin Problem (Good Story For a Sermon on Luke 5:36-38)Undergroundpewsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10182191422663119484noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-1093781752823095292011-08-24T09:12:01.446-04:002011-08-24T09:12:01.446-04:00I am not a structural engineer, but I know that ev...I am not a structural engineer, but I know that every ship bends and flexes in the seas. I imagine a vessel designed to flex a few inches, once lengthed might flex much more if its internal skeleton and compartmentalization was not originally designed for that length. <br /><br />I recall that the U.S. Navy successfully increased the beam of several of its old battlewagons after Pearl Harbor. (I think the USS Tennessee was one whose beam was increased to the point that it could not fit through the Panama canal).<br /><br /><a href="http://www.uscg.mil/history/docs/CRSDeepwater19901.pdf" rel="nofollow">This report</a> from the Congressional Research Service does not find a single unifying conclusion, but does state:<br /><br />"We believe the design of the 123-foot patrol boat reduced the structural cross section necessary to support the added weight distribution following the conversion. Our analysis has been complicated, however, by the fact that we’ve<br />observed permanent deformations of each hull in slightly different ways."Undergroundpewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10182191422663119484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-47772830294065837322011-08-24T08:29:32.335-04:002011-08-24T08:29:32.335-04:00One would have thought a structural/materials engi...One would have thought a structural/materials engineer could have figured that out, although I know some ships have been altered/lengthened before without problems.<br /><br />Cheers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com