Abstract
Under the sponsorship of the Netherlands’ Research Centre T.N.O. for Shipbuilding and Navigation the authors carried out a laboratory experiment on a full scale corrugated bulkhead with shallow vertical troughs, which forms a part of a testing tank for watertight bulkheads.
An investigation was made into the stress and strain distribution in this structural part when charged with a hydrostatic load. Deflection readings were also obtained for a charge by compressed air.
The results of this investigation show to all practical intents and purposes a satisfactory agreement with a theory proposed by the first author and two of his collaborators in a report published by the above mentioned sponsors [1].
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