DNV DNV-CG-0554 PDF

This guideline provides supplementary technical and procedural requirements and general information to the rules. The following aspects are covered:

— material selection for the tank and suppporting structure

— material selection of the ship hull structures adjacent to the tank

— finite element assessment of the ship structure containing the gas fuel tanks

— strength of the gas fuel tank structure:

— yield strength

— fatigue strength

— crack propagation

— strength of tank supporting structure

— vibration analysis.