Enter the component of the force on the lifting lug/trunnion, along the axis of the vessel.
Before the version 6.3 of CodeCalc and 4.2 of PVElite, this load was computed from
the weight of the vessel. Now, you must enter the corresponding load depending upon
the lift position and the lug/trunnion arrangement.
CodeCalc assumes that the magnitude of the applied loads is acting on one lug or one trunnion. Typically vessels are lifted with 2 ( or more ) lifting lugs/trunnion, thus the load is divided between them. An option is to analyze the lug/trunnion with the maximum load, acting on that lug/trunnion, during the whole lift.
The program multiplies this lifting load by the importance factor that you specify.
