1、 Rules for Building and Classing Underwater Vehicles, Systems and Hyperbaric Facilities RULES FOR BUILDING AND CLASSING UNDERWATER VEHICLES, SYSTEMS AND HYPERBARIC FACILITIES 2018 American Bureau of Shipping Incorporated by Act of Legislature of the State of New York 1862 2017 American Bureau of Shi
2、pping. All rights reserved. ABS Plaza 16855 Northchase Drive Houston, TX 77060 USA Rule Change Notice (2018) Rule Change Notice (2018) 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 p
3、articular 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 Ef
4、fective Dates of Changes from the 2017 Rules EFFECTIVE DATE 1 January 2018 shown as (2018) (based on the contract date for new construction between builder and Owner) Part/Para. No. Title/Subject Status/Remarks 8/Table 1 Monochloro/Dichloroacetylene Precursor Compounds To include the standard IUPAC
5、name, which is commonly used in the industry, and the CAS number of each compound 10/17.13 Prototype Testing of Electrical Penetrators To update existing testing requirements and acceptance criteria. 10/17.17 (Deleted) Prototype Testing of Pin Type Penetrators To update existing testing requirements
6、 and acceptance criteria. ii ABSRULES FOR BUILDING AND CLASSING UNDERWATER VEHICLES, SYSTEMS AND HYPERBARIC FACILITIES .2018 Foreword Foreword The 2016 edition of the Rules for Building and Classing Underwater Vehicles, Systems and Hyperbaric Facilities incorporates all Rule Changes and Corrigenda i
7、tems since 2015. Requirements for ambient pressure submersibles 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 t
8、o manned submersibles. Section 12 provides the specific 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.
9、Section 15 provides the specific requirements that are 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
10、 18 provides the specific requirements that are applicable 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 (
11、19) Code of Safety for Diving Systems regarding diving 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 i
12、s 1 January of the year shown. Note Regarding the Changes 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 purpo
13、se of this consolidation was to emphasize the common applicability 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
14、 Guides, as appropriate. Thus, Section 1 of these Rules 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
15、 FOR BUILDING AND CLASSING UNDERWATER VEHICLES, SYSTEMS AND HYPERBARIC FACILITIES .2018 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 Sym
16、bols and Notations . 1 3.1 Classed Units 1 3.3 Classed 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 Submi
17、ssions of Plans, Calculations, Data and Test Results 2 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
18、 6 SECTION 2 Definitions . 7 1 Chamber Gas Reclaim System . 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
19、FOR BUILDING AND CLASSING UNDERWATER VEHICLES, SYSTEMS AND HYPERBARIC FACILITIES .2018 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
20、 35 Handling System . 8 37 Hyperbaric Evacuation System . 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 Capsu
21、le 10 59 Portable Decompression Chamber . 10 61 Portable 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 Subme
22、rsible 11 81 Submersible Decompression Chamber 11 83 Tethered 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 A
23、ND HYPERBARIC FACILITIES .2018 v SECTION 3 General Requirements 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 Protectio
24、n 13 SECTION 4 Materials 14 1 General . 14 3 Pressure 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
25、Ferritic Materials 15 7.3 Galvanic Action 15 TABLE 1 Charpy 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
26、Joint Properties 18 7 Welding of Ferrous Materials 18 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
27、.17 Weld Repairs . 21 vi ABSRULES FOR BUILDING AND CLASSING UNDERWATER VEHICLES, SYSTEMS AND HYPERBARIC FACILITIES .2018 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 Measureme
28、nts . 22 11.3 Permitted Deviations of Cylinders and Conical 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
29、Maximum Permissible Deviation from Circular Form “e” for 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 D
30、esign Pressures and Loads 28 5.1 General 28 5.3 Localized 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
31、Material Properties 30 17.5 Calculated External Pressures 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 H
32、eavy Stiffeners 33 19.13 Overall Buckling Strength 33 19.15 Stiffeners . 33 ABSRULES FOR BUILDING AND CLASSING UNDERWATER VEHICLES, SYSTEMS AND HYPERBARIC FACILITIES .2018 vii 21 Conical Shells Under External Pressure . 35 21.1 Shell Geometry 35 21.3 Stiffener Properties 35 21.5 General 35 21.7 Inte
33、r-Stiffener Strength 36 21.9 Unstiffened Cones . 37 21.11 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
34、 Ellipsoidal Heads . 41 23.9 Torispherical Heads . 41 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
35、 Components . 43 FIGURE 2 Definitions Compartment Length . 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 Li
36、fe . 48 3.3 Service Life 48 3.5 Service Cycle . 48 3.7 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 Certifi
37、cation . 49 viii ABSRULES FOR BUILDING AND CLASSING UNDERWATER VEHICLES, SYSTEMS AND HYPERBARIC FACILITIES .2018 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 1
38、9 Pressure Testing . 50 21 Marking . 51 23 Window Repairs 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
39、Oxygen Supply 53 7.3 Closed Breathing Gas Circuits 53 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 . 5
40、4 11 Life Support Piping 54 11.1 Materials 54 11.3 Fittings . 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 Disp
41、lay Locations 59 15 Controls . 59 15.1 General 59 15.3 Manual Controls 59 15.5 Automatic Controls 59 ABSRULES FOR BUILDING AND CLASSING UNDERWATER VEHICLES, SYSTEMS AND HYPERBARIC FACILITIES .2018 ix 17 Diving Temperature and Humidity Controls 59 17.1 Heating and Cooling 59 17.3 Humidity . 59 17.5 E
42、lectric Water Heaters . 60 17.7 Air Conditioning . 60 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 Vessel
43、s for Human Occupancy and Pressure Hulls . 62 29.5 Leak 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
44、 Vessels, Heat Exchangers and Heaters 65 5.1 General 65 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 Co
45、mpressors . 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
46、 Humidity . 71 x ABSRULES FOR BUILDING AND CLASSING UNDERWATER VEHICLES, SYSTEMS AND HYPERBARIC FACILITIES .2018 5 Power 71 5.1 Main and Emergency Power . 71 5.3 Power Source 72 5.5 Power Source Separation 72 5.7 Automatic Emergency Power Changeover 72 5.9 Equipment on Emergency Power 72 5.11 Sizing
47、 of Emergency Source . 72 7 Voltage 72 7.1 Maximum Voltage 72 7.3 Protection from Higher Voltages 73 9 Underwater Safeguards 73 9.1 Electrical Equipment 73 9.3 Habitats and Working Chambers . 73 11 Batteries 73 11.1 General Requirements 73 11.3 Battery Compartments. 73 11.5 Lithium Batteries 75 11.7
48、 Other Battery Types 76 13 Motors . 77 13.1 Propulsion Motors Not Subject to Pressure . 77 13.3 Propulsion Motors Subject to Pressure . 77 13.5 Other Electric Motors . 77 13.7 Overload Alarms 77 13.9 Nameplates . 77 15 Distribution and Circuit Protection 77 15.1 General 77 15.3 Ground Detectors 77 1
49、5.5 Circuit Breakers and Fuses . 77 15.7 Pressure Boundary Power Penetrations . 77 15.9 Distribution Panels 78 15.11 Electromagnetic and Radio Frequency Interference . 78 15.13 Separation of Cables and Wiring . 78 15.15 Feeds 78 15.17 Insulation . 78 15.19 Electrical Instrumentation 78 15.21 Grounding 79 17 Distribution Cables, Wiring and Penetrators . 79 17.1 General 79 17.3 Flexible Cables 79 17.5 Mechanical Protection . 79 17.7 Umbilical Cable Connectors 79 17.9 Electrical Penetrators 79 17.11 Testing of Penetrators . 79 17.13 Prototype Testing of Elec
