Flanges

In the Hull system, two different component types are identified as flanges. They are both generated in the FLANGE statement. They are:

• flat bars - straight or curved - welded to a plate edge along the outer contour of a panel or in a hole ("face plates").

  A flange may be unsymmetrically located relative to the plate. It must be perpendicular to the plate surface.

• folded (bent) flanges along the outer contour. When a folded flange is generated, the shape of the plate is modified simultaneously.

  A folded flange has the function of a profile, but it is of course no physical bar.

Flanges must be generated as stiffeners if they are not flat bars or if they are not perpendicular to the plate surface.

Flanges on type standard brackets are considered to be part of the bracket standards. Their sizes can be affected only in the BRACKET statement.