46 CFR — Shipping
Appendix A to Part 154—Equivalent Stress
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- 46 CFR — Shipping, Appendix A to Part 154—Equivalent Stress, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/229075
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I. Equivalent stress (σ c) is calculated by the following formula or another formula specially approved by the Commandant (CG-522) as equivalent to the following:
where:
II. When the static and dynamic stresses are calculated separately, the total stresses in paragraph I are calculated from the following formulae or another formulae specially approved by the Commandant (CG-522) as equivalent to the following:
III. Each dynamic and static stress is determined from its acceleration component and its hull strain component from hull deflection and torsion.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.