Hogging and sagging

Hogging and sagging

Hogging is the stress a ship's hull or keel experiences that causes the center of the keel to bend upward.Sagging is the stress a ship's hull or keel is placed under when a wave is the same length as the ship and the ship is in the trough of two waves. This causes the middle of the ship to bend down slightly, and depending of the level of bend, may cause the hull to snap or crack.

A cause of dynamic hogging is when a wave is the same length as the ship and the crest of the wave is amidships. This causes the middle of the ship to bend up slightly, and depending of the level of bend, may cause the hull to snap or crack.

Sagging or dynamic hogging may have been what sank the "Prestige" off Spain on 19 November 2002.

Hogging, or hog, also refers to the semi permanent bend in the keel, especially in wooden hulled ships, caused over time by the center of the ship being more buoyant than the bow or stern. At the beginning of her 1992 refit, USS|Constitution had over 13 inches (33 cm) of hog [cite web|last=Otton|first=Patrick|date=1997-08-11|url=http://www.maritime.org/conf/conf-otton-const.htm|title=USS Constitution Rehabilitation And Restoration|accessdate=2006-07-02] . The keel blocks in the drydock were set up especially to support this curve. During her three years in drydock, the center keel blocks were gradually shortened allowing the hog to settle out. Additionally, the diagonal risers specified in her original design to resist hogging, which were removed in an earlier refit, were restored. By contrast, the USS|Constellation|1854 had 36 inches (91 cm) of hog when she was condemned as unsafe in 1994. [cite web|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/c13/constellation-ii.htm |title=Constellation|work=Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships|accessdate=2006-07-02]

During loading and discharging cargo, a vessel may also become temporarily hogged or sagged due to longitudinal weight imbalances.

External links

* [http://www.hazegray.org/features/constellation/ "Constellation"'s 1994 restoration article] has several photos showing the hogging.
* [http://www.worldwideflood.com/ark/basic_hull_design/monocoque_vs_truss.htm Diagram showing hogging stress and the diagonal risers] .

ee also

*Glossary of nautical terms
*Strength of ships

References


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