WEIGHT AND SUPPORT IN SHIPS. 
465 
Table of Maximum Bending-moments and Shearing-forces determined for the 
‘Minotaur,’ 4 Bellerophon,’ and ‘Victoria and Albert.’ 
Minotaur. 
Bellerophon. 
Victoria and Albert. 
Shearing- 
Bending- 
Shearing- 
Bending- 
Shearing- 
Bending- 
force. 
moment. 
force. 
moment. 
force. 
moment. 
Displace- 
Displacement 
Displace- 
Displacement 
Displace- 
Displacement 
ment. 
X length. 
ment. 
X length. 
ment. 
X length. 
In still water . 
I 
2 2 
l 
8 8 
l 
33 
l 
17 6 
l 
1 6 
i 
139 
On a wave-crest . 
1 
7 
1 
2 8 
1 
13 
2 
97 
1 
1 1 
1 
'4 3 
In a wave-hollow . 
1 
14 
1 
5 3 
1 
1 1 
1 
43 
1 
6 
1 
2 3 
Supported at the) 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
extremities . .j 
2 
7 
2 
7 
2 
6 
Supported at the) 
1 
1 
1 
1 
2 
1 
middle . . ./ 
2 
1 0 
2 
1 0 
3 
1 2 
The values of bending- and shearing-strains here given are not put forward as strictly 
accurate, although from the detailed calculations on which they rest they may be regarded 
as very close approximations to the strains experienced by various classes of ships under 
the assumed conditions. These conditions, as we have seen, do not include all the cir- 
cumstances in which ships may be and are placed, but for still water the approximation 
made is doubtless very close ; and for the exceptional positions of support ashore the 
limiting values of the strains are also very close to the truth, although in practice these 
limits can never be reached. For ships at sea, in the extreme positions of support 
assumed, the values given for the strains, of course, represent the statical aspect of the 
question ; the attempt to put into figures the straining effects of pitching and ascending 
has not been made. 
The voluminous calculations upon which the statements and tables comprised in this 
paper are based, together with the diagrams, were made with great care, under my direc- 
tion, by Mr. W. H. White, Jun., and Mr. John, Fellows of the Royal School of Naval 
Architecture, and Draughtsmen at the Admiralty. Mr. White also assisted me greatly 
in the detailed preparation of the Paper. 
