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Rules and Guidance for the Classification of
Underwater Vehicles
ICS
Underwater Vehicles
Underwater Vehicles
Guidance
Rules
2012
Rules for the Classification of
Underwater Vehicles
RB-05-E
ICS
APPLICATION OF "UNDERWATER VEHICLES"
1. Unless expressly specified otherwise, the requirements in these Rules apply to ships for which contracts for construction are signed on or after 1 July 2012.
2. The amendments to the Rules for 2011 edition and their effective date are as follows;
Effective Date 1 July 2012
Title has been amended.
PART 4 DIVING SYSTEMS AND DIVING SIMULATORS
- Pt 4 has been deleted and Classification of Steel Ships.
moved to Pt 9, Ch 7 of Rules for the
CONTENTS
PART 1 SUBMERSIBLES
CHAPTER | 1 | GENERAL 3 |
Section | 1 | General 3 |
Section | 2 | Drawings and Documents 4 |
Section | 3 | Tests and Trials 8 |
Section | 4 | Marking 11 |
CHAPTER | 2 | CLASSIFICATION OF SUBMERSIBLE 13 |
Section | 1 | Classification Registry 13 |
Section | 2 | Classification Survey during Construction 13 |
Section | 3 | Classification Survey after Construction 14 |
CHAPTER | 3 | PERIODICAL AND OTHER SURVEY 15 |
Section | 1 | Kinds of Surveys 15 |
Section | 2 | Performance of Survey 15 |
CHAPTER | 4 | DESIGN REQUIREMENTS 17 |
Section | 1 | General 17 |
Section | 2 | Environmental Conditions 17 |
Section | 3 | Hatches, Doors and Access Ports 18 |
Section | 4 | Equipment 18 |
Section | 5 | Corrosion Protection 19 |
CHAPTER | 5 | PRESSURE HULL 21 |
Section | 1 | General 21 |
Section | 2 | Design Principles 21 |
Section | 3 | Materials and Weldings 22 |
Section | 4 | Principles of Manufacture and Construction 23 |
Section | 5 | Calculations 25 |
CHAPTER | 6 | EXTERNAL STRUCTURE 27 |
Section | 1 | General 27 |
CHAPTER | 7 | DIVING AND BUOYANCY TANKS AND TRIMMING DEVICES 29 |
Section | 1 | General 29 |
Section | 2 | Principles of Design and Construction 29 |
Section | 3 | Materials, Manufacture and Calculations 30 |
CHAPTER | 8 | PRESSURE VESSELS AND APPARATUS 31 |
Section | 1 | General 31 |
Section | 2 | Compression Chambers and Diving Bells 31 |
Section | 3 | Pressure Vessels and Apparatus and Gas Bottles 31 |
CHAPTER | 9 | PIPING SYSTEMS, PUMPS AND COMPRESSORS 33 |
Section | 1 | General 33 |
Section 2
Section 3
Principles of Design and Construction 33
Materials, Manufacture and Calculations 34
CHAPTER 10 CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR DEPTH, TRIM, POSITIVE AND
NEGATIVE BUOYANCY 35
Section 1
Section 2
CHAPTER 11
Section 1
Section 2
General 35
Principles of Design and Construction 35
PROPULSION AND MANOEUVRING EQUIPMENT 37
General 37
Principles of Design and Construction 37
CHAPTER 12
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT 39
General 39
Design Principles 39
Power Supply 41
CHAPTER 13 AUTOMATION, COMMUNICATION, NAVIGATING AND
LOCATING EQUIPMENT 47
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Section 5
CHAPTER 14
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Section 5
General 47
Automation Equipment 47
Control System 49
Communication Equipment 50
Navigating and Locating Equipment 51
LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS 53
General 53
Design Principles 53
Air Supply 53
Monitoring Equipment 55
Emergency Thermal Protection 55
CHAPTER 15
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
FIRE PROTECTION AND FIRE EXTINGUISHING 57
General 57
Structural Fire Protection 57
Fire Surveillance 57
Fire Extinguishing Systems 58
CHAPTER 16
Section 1
Section 2
RESCUE SYSTEM 59
General 59
Design Principles 59
CHAPTER 17
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Section 5
LAUNCH, RECOVERY AND MATING EQUIPMENT 61
General 61
Design Principles 61
Materials 62
Principles of Manufacture and Construction 62
Calculations 63
PART 2 REMOTE-OPERATED VEHICLES
CHAPTER 1 REMOTE-OPERATED VEHICLES (ROVs) 67
PART 3 TOURIST SUBMERSIBLES
CHAPTER 1 TOURIST SUBMERSIBLES 71