Re: Re:Hull integrity

["Sean Walinga" <swalinga@telusplanet.net>]

Great! Thanks alot Mike. The discussions around the group are very mechanically oriented. I'm trying to peice together the inside design now... 
Sean

>Sean,
>On a military vessel, the keel is joined to circular I-beams and
>plates are welded to the I-beams.
>Any machinery was bolted or welded to the I-beams, not the pressure
>hull, hence no cause for alarm. They had thick rubber pads between the
>machinery and the beam to account for vibration and noise underwater,
>which is not a problem for us private-types. The only thing directly
>welded to the pressure hull were the seawater valves and others like
>that.
>Hunky-dorey?
>
>Michael Young