What Is Panting and Pounding or Slamming in Ship
What Is Panting and Pounding or Slamming in Ship
What Is Panting and Pounding or Slamming in Ship
Panting
> It is an in and out motion of the shell plating caused by fluctuation in water pressure
because of water waves .
>To prevent this classification societies are given extra strength in the form of
beam.brackets,stringer plate etc.
Pounding or Slamming
>At the time of heavy weather ship may heaving and pitching, so the fore end emerges
from the water and reenters with a slamming effect is called pounding.
>Extra stiffening is required to reduce the damge