Weight Control: Idealistic vs. Realistic

摘要

Often, the requirements for determining the mass properties of a ship are contractually established by the customer and/or the design agent. In real life though, within the shipyard, many of those requirements physically can't be done, are in themselves not accurate, or fall by the wayside due to cost and/or schedule factors. Even in some of the Recommended Practices, there are "requirements" that are misconceived. This paper discusses several examples that can (and will) deter from what would be an "idealistic" weight control program.