Guidance Notes General Overview of Ship Structural Vibration Problems.

This document is intended to encapsulate the experience and best advice of Lloyd’s Register  that has been assembled since circa 1980 regarding prediction and avoidance of potential problems in relation to structural vibration in ships.

Sections include:

1. Introduction
2. Theoretical considerations
3. Units
4. Mass
5. Damping
6. Marine vibration excitation sources
7. Vibration acceptance Criteria
8. Vibration problems and solutions