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Permeability of a space in a
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is the percentage of empty volume in that space.
Permeability is used in ship survivability and damaged stability calculations in ship design. In this case, the permeability of a space is a percentage from 0 to 100. Alternately, the permeability may be a
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from 0 to 1. The permeability of a space is the percentage of volume of the space which may be occupied by seawater if the space is flooded. The remaining volume ot filled with seawaterbeing occupied by machinery, cargo, accommodation spaces, etc.
Example
Typical values from the
International Bulk Chemical Code
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are:
* 0.95 for voids (empty spaces), tanks, and living spaces
* 0.85 for machinery spaces
* 0.60 for spaces allocated to stores.
This implies that for damaged stability calculation purposes, machinery spaces are only 15% full with machinery by volume (100% - 85% = 15%).