ballast movement

ballast movement

[′bal·əst ‚müv·mənt]
(navigation)
A voyage or leg of a voyage by a tanker during which no commercially valuable cargo is in the tanks; seawater is usually carried to maintain stability. Also known as ballast leg; ballast passage.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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(4) Images of the ballast surface are taken for observing and measuring ballast movement under longitudinal loading.
Images of the ballast surface were taken using a digital camera for observing and measuring ballast movement during the tests [25], as shown in Figure 8.
Evolution of Longitudinal Resistance Performance of Granular Ballast Track with Durable Dynamic Reciprocated Changes

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