Environmental performance of tanker designs in collision and grounding : method for comparison / / Committee for Evaluating Double-Hull Tanker Design Alternatives

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 2001
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiii, 136 pages) : illustrations (some color)
• Disciplina: 623.8
• Soggetto topico: Tankers - Design and construction - Evaluation - Methodology; Tankers - Accidents - Environmental aspects; Petroleum - Transportation - Safety measures; Oil spills - Data processing
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: ""PREFACE""; ""ACRONYMS AND GLOSSARY""; ""CONTENTS""; ""EXECUTIVE SUMMARY""; ""1 INTRODUCTION""; ""2 ASSESSMENT OF PREVIOUS EVALUATION METHODS, PROPOSALS FOR ALTERNATIVE DESIGNS, AND HISTORICAL DATABASES""; ""3 DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED METHODOLOGY""; ""4 APPLICATION OF THE METHODOLOGY""; ""5 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""APPENDIX A: PRESENTATIONS AT COMMITTEE MEETINGS""; ""APPENDIX B: THE COAST GUARD AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 1998""; ""APPENDIX C: SUMMARY OF IMO 13F GUIDELINES""; ""APPENDIX D: STRUCTURAL DESIGNS FOR NEW DOUBLE- HULL TANKERS""; ""STUDY COMMITTEE BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION""
• Sommario/riassunto: Describes a modeling process for evaluating alternative designs. This work describes the process that encompasses the structural deformations from collisions and grounding and the environmental consequences of spills of different sizes, and uses a risk-based approach for comparing designs.
• Titolo autorizzato: Environmental performance of tanker designs in collision and grounding
• ISBN: 0-309-55033-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910963871903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Special report (National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board) ; ; 259.