Comments on the Use of the Bracket File

In the use of the standard bracket file the following matters should be considered.

• The brackets have been created from conditions, similar to those specified for bracket types KL and K in appendixes 1 and 2, respectively, of the main document.

• Several of the brackets are close to duplicates of each other. Customers are encouraged to review the file and remove those brackets that are of no interest in order to minimize the number of active brackets.

• It is, of course, quite possible to modify different characteristics of the brackets in the bracket set-up file, for example, regarding toes, flanging, connections, This can be done either by direct editing of the file or interactively wizard-driven in the initHull module.

• Since the purpose of this file primarily has been to support backwards compatibility the file is not quite representative for all the types of brackets that may be set up in the bracket set-up facility. Some brackets that are quite different are described to some detail in Examples .

• Some brackets have one or both of their toes tightly connected to intersecting stiffeners. For all of these brackets the toe shape will change according to the orientation of the flange (if any) as illustrated by the figure below. The map on the following pages shows otherwise only connections to a non-flanged profile side.

  

  Figure 4:1. Automatic change of toe shape depending on flange orientation