1、 Rules for Building and Classing Underwater Vehicles, Systems and Hyperbaric Facilities RULES FOR BUILDING AND CLASSING UNDERWATER VEHICLES, SYSTEMS AND HYPERBARIC FACILITIES 2017 American Bureau of Shipping Incorporated by Act of Legislature of the State of New York 1862 2016 American Bureau of Shi
2、pping. All rights reserved. ABS Plaza 16855 Northchase Drive Houston, TX 77060 USA Rule Change Notice (2017 ) Rule Change Notice (2017) The effective date of each technical change since 1993 is shown in parenthesis at the end of the subsection/paragraph titles within the text of each Part. Unless a
3、particular date and month are shown, the years in parentheses refer to the following effective dates: (2000) and after 1 January 2000 (and subsequent years) (1996) 9 May 1996 (1999) 12 May 1999 (1995) 15 May 1995 (1998) 13 May 1998 (1994) 9 May 1994 (1997) 19 May 1997 (1993) 11 May 1993 Listing by E
4、ffective Dates of Changes from the 2016 Rules EFFECTIVE DATE 1 January 2017 shown as (2017) (based on the contract date for new construction between builder and Owner) Part/Para. No. Title/Subject Status/Remarks 8/11 Life Support Piping To align material requirements with Section 4-2 of the ASME PVH
5、O-1 Standard. To create two separate categories for life support system valves, one which complies with recognized standards (Standard Valves) and the other which does not comply with recognized standards (Nonstandard Valves). To incorporate the burst strength requirements for piping and tubing. To
6、clarify that the requirements of this section apply to piping/tubing used for oxygen service. To create a new section for hoses, in line with Section 4-2 of the ASME PVHO-1 Standard as well as current industry practice. 10/11.5.1(a) To allow the use of lithium batteries on passenger submersibles, pr
7、ovided they are housed outside the pressure hull and meet the requirements of 10/11.5 of the Underwater Vehicles Rules. 11/39.7 Pressure Relief Device To match the wording used in Section 1-8(c) of the ASME PVHO-1 Standard for locating the rupture discs upstream of pressure relieving devices. 14/3.1
8、3.8(d) To add requirement for BPRs on the exhaust lines of BIBS and to align requirements for BPRs on BIBS masks with industry practice. 14/11.3.20 Self-Propelled Hyperbaric Lifeboats (SPHLs) To indicate that SPHLs are to also comply with any subsequent amendments to the IMO Resolutions. 14/11.3.22(
9、a)ii) Emergency Life Support System To align the requirements for emergency life support systems with current industry practice. 14/11.3.22(j) To align the requirements for food with current industry practice. 14/11.3.22(k) To align the requirements for sewage with current industry practice. 14/11.5
10、.1 To indicate that HEU Launch Systems are to also comply with any subsequent amendments to the IMO Resolutions. 18/29 Motion Compensation Systems To provide requirements for motion compensation systems, in line with the ABS Guide for Certification of Lifting Appliances. ii ABSRULES FOR BUILDING AND
11、 CLASSING UNDERWATER VEHICLES, SYSTEMS AND HYPERBARIC FACILITIES .2017 Foreword Foreword The 2016 edition of the Rules for Building and Classing Underwater Vehicles, Systems and Hyperbaric Facilities incorporates all Rule Changes and Corrigenda items since 2015. Requirements for ambient pressure sub
12、mersibles have been added. Sections 1 through 10 provide the general requirements that are applicable to all categories of underwater vehicles, systems and hyperbaric facilities. Section 11 provides the specific requirements that are applicable to manned submersibles. Section 12 provides the specifi
13、c requirements that are applicable to lock-out submersibles. Section 13 provides the specific requirements that are applicable to ambient pressure submersibles. Section 14 provides the specific requirements that are applicable to diving systems. Section 15 provides the specific requirements that are
14、 applicable to atmospheric diving suits. Section 16 provides the specific requirements that are applicable to remotely operated vehicles. Section 17 provides the specific requirements that are applicable to autonomous underwater vehicles. Section 18 provides the specific requirements that are applic
15、able to handling systems. Section 19 provides the specific requirements that are applicable to dive control stations. Section 20 provides the requirements for surveys after construction. Appendix 1 provides relevant excerpts from IMO Res. A.831 (19) Code of Safety for Diving Systems regarding diving
16、 bell emergency locating devices The effective date of each technical change is shown in parentheses at the end of the subsection/paragraph titles within the text of each Section. Unless a particular date and month are shown, the effective date is 1 January of the year shown. Note Regarding the Chan
17、ges to Section 1 (1 January 2008) In 2008, Section 1, “Conditions of Classification” was consolidated into a generic booklet, entitled Rules for Conditions of Classification (Part 1) for all vessels other than those in offshore service. The purpose of this consolidation was to emphasize the common a
18、pplicability of the classification requirements in “Section 1” to ABS-classed vessels, other marine structures and their associated machinery, and thereby make “Conditions of Classification” more readily a common Rule of the various ABS Rules and Guides, as appropriate. Thus, Section 1 of these Rule
19、s specifies only the unique requirements applicable to underwater vehicles, systems and hyperbaric facilities. These supplemental requirements are always to be used with the aforementioned Rules for Conditions of Classification (Part 1). ABSRULES FOR BUILDING AND CLASSING UNDERWATER VEHICLES, SYSTEM
20、S AND HYPERBARIC FACILITIES .2017 iii Table of Contents RULES FOR BUILDING AND CLASSING UNDERWATER VEHICLES, SYSTEMS AND HYPERBARIC FACILITIES CONTENTS SECTION 1 Scope and Conditions of Classification . 1 1 Classification . 1 3 Classification Symbols and Notations . 1 3.1 Classed Units 1 3.3 Classed
21、 Systems . 1 3.4 Support Components for Classed Systems . 1 3.5 New and Existing Underwater Units, Systems or Support Components Not Built Under Survey . 1 3.7 Other Conditions 2 5 Rules for Classification . 2 5.1 Application of Rules . 2 7 Submissions of Plans, Calculations, Data and Test Results 2
22、 7.1 Submission Schedule and Number of Copies . 2 7.3 Documentation to be Submitted 2 7.5 Calculations . 4 7.7 Operational Data 5 7.9 Test Results . 5 9 Manuals . 5 9.1 Operating Manual 5 9.3 Maintenance Manual . 6 9.5 Availability 6 11 Personnel 6 SECTION 2 Definitions . 7 1 Chamber Gas Reclaim Sys
23、tem . 7 3 Clinical Hyperbaric Treatment Chamber . 7 5 Command Compartment . 7 7 Deck Decompression Chamber 7 9 Design Depth 7 11 Design Pressure . 7 13 Design Mission Time . 7 15 Dive Control Station 7 17 Diver Gas Reclaim System . 7 iv ABSRULES FOR BUILDING AND CLASSING UNDERWATER VEHICLES, SYSTEMS
24、 AND HYPERBARIC FACILITIES .2017 19 Diver Lock-out Compartment 8 21 Diver Training Hyperbaric Center . 8 23 Diving Bell . 8 25 Diving System . 8 27 Fire-restricting Materials . 8 29 Fixed Diving System (F) 8 31 Gas Reclaim System 8 33 Habitat . 8 35 Handling System . 8 37 Hyperbaric Evacuation Syste
25、m . 8 39 Hyperbaric Evacuation Unit 9 41 Hyperbaric Facility 9 43 Launch and Recovery System 9 45 Light Ship 9 47 Lock-Out Submersible 9 49 Manipulator . 9 51 No-Decompression Limit . 9 53 Open Bell 9 55 Passenger Submersible 9 57 Personnel Capsule 10 59 Portable Decompression Chamber . 10 61 Portab
26、le Diving System (P) . 10 63 Pressure Boundary . 10 65 Pressure Hull 10 67 Pressure Resistant 10 69 Pressure Vessel for Human Occupancy (PVHO) . 10 71 Rated Depth 10 73 Rated Internal Pressure 10 75 Remotely Operated Vehicle 10 77 ROV 10 79 Submersible 11 81 Submersible Decompression Chamber 11 83 T
27、ethered Submersible . 11 85 Umbilical 11 87 Underwater Complex 11 89 Underwater Container . 11 91 Underwater System 11 93 Underwater Vehicle . 11 95 Unit 11 97 Working Chamber . 11 ABSRULES FOR BUILDING AND CLASSING UNDERWATER VEHICLES, SYSTEMS AND HYPERBARIC FACILITIES .2017 v SECTION 3 General Req
28、uirements and Safeguards . 12 1 Nonmetallic Materials 12 1.1 General 12 1.3 Paints, Varnishes and Coatings . 12 1.5 Internal Materials . 12 1.7 External Materials 12 3 Test Dive . 12 5 Protection 12 7 Corrosion Protection . 13 9 Thermal Protection 13 SECTION 4 Materials 14 1 General . 14 3 Pressure
29、Boundary Material Specifications 14 3.1 Plates . 14 3.3 Bolts, Extrusions, Forgings, and Shapes . 14 3.5 Materials Complying with Other Standards 14 5 Testing 14 5.1 Inspection 14 5.3 Toughness Testing 15 7 Corrosion and Galvanic Action . 15 7.1 Ferritic Materials 15 7.3 Galvanic Action 15 TABLE 1 C
30、harpy Impact Testing Requirements 16 SECTION 5 Fabrication 17 1 Material Identification 17 3 Alignment Tolerance . 17 3.1 Butt Weld Alignment 17 3.3 Heads and Spherical Vessels 17 5 Joints . 18 5.1 Category A and B 18 5.3 Category C and D 18 5.5 Joint Properties 18 7 Welding of Ferrous Materials 18
31、7.1 General 18 7.3 Qualifications and Procedures . 18 7.5 Special Tests . 19 7.7 Weld Metal Impact Properties 19 7.9 Weld Metal Tensile Strength 19 7.11 Postweld Heat Treatment 19 7.13 Production Testing . 20 7.15 Nondestructive Examinations 20 7.17 Weld Repairs . 21 vi ABSRULES FOR BUILDING AND CLA
32、SSING UNDERWATER VEHICLES, SYSTEMS AND HYPERBARIC FACILITIES .2017 9 Welding of Non-Ferrous Materials 22 9.1 General 22 9.3 Welded Joints in Aluminum . 22 11 Out-of-Roundness, Sphericity, and Local Departure from Design Geometry 22 11.1 Measurements . 22 11.3 Permitted Deviations of Cylinders and Co
33、nical Sections . 22 11.5 Permitted Deviations of Spheres and Hemispheres 23 11.7 Thickness 23 11.9 Location of Measurements 24 13 Surface Finish . 24 FIGURE 1 Illustration of Welded Joint Locations Typical of Categories A, B, C and D 25 FIGURE 2 Maximum Permissible Deviation from Circular Form “e” f
34、or Vessels Under External Pressure . 26 FIGURE 3 Arc Length . 26 FIGURE 4 Values of Chord Length (Lc) for Out-of-roundness of Spheres . 27 SECTION 6 Metallic Pressure Boundary Components . 28 1 General . 28 3 Design for Internal Pressure . 28 5 Design Pressures and Loads 28 5.1 General 28 5.3 Locali
35、zed Loads 28 7 Reinforcement . 29 9 Fatigue 29 11 Drainage 29 13 Corrosion Allowance . 30 15 Definition and Determination of Yield Point and Yield Strength . 30 15.1 Yield Point . 30 15.3 Yield Strength 30 17 Nomenclature 30 17.1 General 30 17.3 Material Properties 30 17.5 Calculated External Pressu
36、res 30 17.7 Shell Parameters . 31 19 Cylindrical Shells Under External Pressure 31 19.1 Shell Geometry 31 19.3 Stiffener Properties 31 19.5 Inter-Stiffener Strength 32 19.7 Unstiffened Cylinders 32 19.9 Length Between Support Members . 32 19.11 Heavy Stiffeners 33 19.13 Overall Buckling Strength 33
37、19.15 Stiffeners . 33 ABSRULES FOR BUILDING AND CLASSING UNDERWATER VEHICLES, SYSTEMS AND HYPERBARIC FACILITIES .2017 vii 21 Conical Shells Under External Pressure . 35 21.1 Shell Geometry 35 21.3 Stiffener Properties 35 21.5 General 35 21.7 Inter-Stiffener Strength 36 21.9 Unstiffened Cones . 37 21
38、.11 Length between Support Members 37 21.13 Heavy Stiffeners 37 21.15 Overall Buckling Strength 37 21.17 Stiffeners . 38 23 Spherical Shells Under External Pressure 40 23.1 Shell Geometry 40 23.3 General 40 23.5 Hemispherical Dished Heads 40 23.7 Ellipsoidal Heads . 41 23.9 Torispherical Heads . 41
39、23.11 Shape Limitations 41 25 Fasteners 41 27 Proof Testing . 42 27.1 Hydrostatic Test . 42 27.3 Strain Gauging . 42 27.5 Waiver of Strain Gauging . 42 27.7 Post Test Examination . 42 27.9 Alternate Test Procedures . 42 FIGURE 1 Illustrative Hull Components . 43 FIGURE 2 Definitions Compartment Leng
40、th . 43 FIGURE 3 Definitions . 44 FIGURE 4 Overall Buckling Strength Lobes Expected at Failure . 45 FIGURE 5 Definitions Cones . 46 FIGURE 6 Definitions Heads . 47 SECTION 7 Windows and Viewports 48 1 General . 48 3 Definitions . 48 3.1 Design Life . 48 3.3 Service Life 48 3.5 Service Cycle . 48 3.7
41、 Viewport Assembly 48 3.9 Window 48 5 Submission of Drawings and Data 48 7 Design Parameters and Operating Conditions . 48 9 Certification . 49 9.1 Design Certification 49 9.3 Material Manufacturers Certification . 49 9.5 Material Testing Certification . 49 viii ABSRULES FOR BUILDING AND CLASSING UN
42、DERWATER VEHICLES, SYSTEMS AND HYPERBARIC FACILITIES .2017 9.7 Pressure Testing Certification . 49 9.9 Fabrication Certification . 49 11 Viewport Flanges 49 13 Dimensional Tolerances . 50 15 Window Fabrication 50 17 Installation of Windows . 50 19 Pressure Testing . 50 21 Marking . 51 23 Window Repa
43、irs 51 SECTION 8 Life Support and Environmental Control Systems 52 1 General . 52 3 Plans and Data to be Submitted . 52 5 Design Principles 52 5.1 Definitions 52 5.3 General 52 5.5 Standard Person . 53 5.7 Fire Hazard 53 7 Breathing Gas . 53 7.1 Oxygen Supply 53 7.3 Closed Breathing Gas Circuits 53
44、7.5 Breathing Gas Storage 53 7.7 Fresh Air 53 9 Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Removal Systems . 54 9.1 Capacity 54 9.3 Expendable Methods . 54 9.5 Regenerable Reagents . 54 9.7 Other Means of CO2 Removal . 54 9.9 Materials 54 9.11 Canister Replacement . 54 11 Life Support Piping 54 11.1 Materials 54 11.3 Fit
45、tings . 55 11.5 Valves 56 11.7 Piping/Tubing 57 11.9 Oxygen Piping/Tubing . 57 11.11 Hoses 57 11.13 Umbilicals 58 11.15 Color Coding . 58 13 Life Support Instrumentation . 59 13.1 Monitored Parameters . 59 13.3 Monitoring Equipment . 59 13.5 Display Locations 59 15 Controls . 59 15.1 General 59 15.3
46、 Manual Controls 59 15.5 Automatic Controls 59 ABSRULES FOR BUILDING AND CLASSING UNDERWATER VEHICLES, SYSTEMS AND HYPERBARIC FACILITIES .2017 ix 17 Diving Temperature and Humidity Controls 59 17.1 Heating and Cooling 59 17.3 Humidity . 59 17.5 Electric Water Heaters . 60 17.7 Air Conditioning . 60
47、19 Cleaning 60 21 Filtration Systems . 60 23 Air Compressors . 60 25 Mercury . 60 27 Gas Reclaim Systems . 60 27.1 Monitored Parameters . 60 27.3 Diver Gas Reclaim Systems 61 29 Testing 62 29.1 Breathing Gas Piping Systems 62 29.3 Pressure Vessels for Human Occupancy and Pressure Hulls . 62 29.5 Lea
48、k Testing 64 29.7 Life Support Testing . 64 TABLE 1 Monochloro/Dichloroacetylene Precursor Compounds 63 TABLE 2 Conversion Factor (Fp) . 64 SECTION 9 Piping Systems and Mechanical Equipment 65 1 General . 65 3 Production Equipment . 65 5 Pressure Vessels, Heat Exchangers and Heaters 65 5.1 General 6
49、5 5.3 Pressure Vessels Subject to External Pressure 65 5.5 Pressure Vessel Location 66 5.7 Safety Relief Devices . 66 7 Piping Systems . 66 9 Color-coding and Labeling 69 11 Radiographic Examination of Welded Piping Connections 69 13 Pumps and Compressors . 70 15 Air Conditioning System 70 17 Equipment . 70 TABLE 1 Color Codes for Piping and Gas Storage Bottles . 69 SECTION 10 Electrical Systems 71 1 General . 71 3 Application . 71 3.1 Environment 71 3.3 Pressurization 71 3.5 Hazardous Areas . 71 3.7 Underwater Electrical Equipment . 71 3.9 Humidity . 71
