Standardization of Joint Interoperable Containerized Modules Ship Design

Standardization of Joint Interoperable Containerized Modules Ship Design and Material Technologies Panel Meeting 16 OCT 19 Issy Brown, NASSCO 1

Agenda • Intro to Joint Interoperable Containerized Modules • Types already in use across the military and maritime industry • Concerns for shipboard use • Goals for standardization 53 foot container being loaded onto a semi-trailer truck 2

Intro to Joint Interoperable Containerized Modules • Joint – utilized by all military services • Interoperable – interfaces compatible with many modes of transportation • Air (inside fixed-wing aircraft or hoisted under helicopter) • Ship (cell guides or open deck) • Train (twist locks onto rail cars) • Truck (twist locks onto trailer) • Containerized – Twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) • Modules – individual, selfcontained segments TEUs double stacked and carried by rail 3

Types of Containerized Modules 1) Accommodation modules • Berthing, living spaces, showers and heads • Medical facilities/ surgical suites 2) Workshops • USMC aviation maintenance • Laboratories on icebreakers • Recompression chambers 3) Hazardous Materials • Armory • Airborne Mine Countermeasures (AMCM) • Flammable storage • Combat systems Accommodation modules aboard an oil rig 4

Current Regulations • ABS Portable Accommodation Modules (August 2019) sets standards for the following types of modules: • • Accommodation (offices, lounges) Sleeping accommodation (sleeping cabins and hospitals) Industrial (workshops and laboratories) “Modules constructed on or after 15 January 2013 are to comply with the requirements contained herein. Existing modules to be installed onboard ABS classed units or vessels after 1 January 2018 are to comply with this guide. ” • The following details are specified for design and certification of these types of modules: • • Fire integrity of exterior boundaries Piping requirements Firefighting requirements Doors and other closing appliances Securing to the deck and to other containers Stacking arrangements Hazardous areas 5

Current Regulations • ABS Portable Accommodation Modules (August 2019) sets standards for the following types of modules: • Areas of focus include the following: • Structural calculations for racking resistance, stacking of modules, and deck loads • Ventilation cutoffs in the case of fire or other emergency • Structure around doors • Door and ventilation sill heights • Securing containers to shipboard decks 6

Current Regulations • ABS Guide for Fire Fighting Systems for On-Deck Areas of Container Carriers (May 2017) • Created to address the fire and safety risk of ships designed to carry containers nor above the weather deck, constructed on or after 01 JAN 16 • Beyond what is required by SOLAS • Four ABS optional notations were created to recognize enhanced container deck firefighting capability onboard container carriers • ABS Container Securing Systems (April 2019) • Container characteristics • Securing devices • Container securing arrangements 7

Containerized Modules In Use • US Air Force transport of TEU in C-130 8

Containerized Modules In Use • US Army CH-46 transport of TEU 9

Containerized Modules In Use • US Marine Kalmar RT 240 moving TEU 10

Containerized Modules In Use • US Marine Kalmar RT 240 stacking TEU three-high 11

Containerized Modules In Use • Emergency medical facilities 12

Containerized Modules In Use • Small arms storage and/or armory 13

Containerized Modules In Use • USMC Mobile Facilities with environmental control units protruding from side next to ventilation supply/exhaust 14

Containerized Modules In Use • USMC Mobile Facility Complex for Operation Iraqi Freedom 15

Containerized Modules In Use • USS Wright (T-AVB 3) loading Mobile Facilities • 167 semi-functional workshops onboard • Does not meet ABS regulations for container use at sea 16

Concerns for Shipboard Use: Access and Ventilation • Containerized module design is often driven by the assumption that access will only be required once the container is deployed on land OCONUS • Doors and environmental control units are frequently placed on the sides of containerized modules, precluding access or full use of stacked/closely placed containers onboard ships 17

Containerized Modules In Use • University National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) • Two doors 28” wide • Escape hatch 20”x 20” • Cargo hatch with recessed doors • Shipboard connections placed in corner 18

Concerns for Shipboard Use • Dissimilar metals • Different material specifications in different modules can lead to electrolytic corrosion problems • Accommodation modules require potable water supply • Shipboard potable water can be supplied in copper piping, CUNI, or stainless steel • Electrical • Standard electrical supply to a shipboard container is 260 V/50 Hz • Some modules require 120 V/60 Hz, others 480 V/60 Hz, or 24 V/400 Hz Workshop for calibrating sensitive avionics 19

Project Goals • Define the requirements for containerized workshops and habitability modules in military use today • Identify the ideal locations, sizes, and materials for the following shipboard interfaces: • Access/doors • Electrical • C 4 I • Ventilation • Potable water • Graywater • Sewage • Firemain • Compressed air • Ensure the design standards set during this project meet all applicable ABS regulations 20

Project Goals – Accommodation Spaces and Workshops • Powered and fully operational when: • Stacked in cell guides with access forward • Stacked in rows on weather deck with access forward 21

Project Goals – Next Quarter • Detail design work on containerized modules for various purposes, including sizes and exact locations of shipboard connections • FEA testing to ensure container designs meet ABS strength requirements • 3 D printing sample containerized modules 22

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