2.5 Acceptable Tolerances
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2.5 Acceptable Tolerances

  2.5.1 The computational accuracy of the calculation program should be within the acceptable tolerance band, specified in Table 1, of the results at each read-out point obtained by the Society using an independent program or the approved loading manual with identical input.

Table 1 Tolerance Band for the Comparison of Computational Accuracy

Computation Tolerance (Percentage of the approved value)
Still Water Shear Force ± 5%
Still Water Bending Moment ± 5%
Still Water Torsion Moment ± 5%
Parent topic: 2. Approval Process
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