---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 154.447"
title: "46"
number: "154.447"
heading: "Allowable stress."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/154.447"
---

# §154.447. Allowable stress.

- (a) An independent tank type B designed from bodies of revolution must have allowable stresses 3 determined by the following formulae:
- (b) An independent tank type B designed from plane surfaces must have allowable stresses specially approved by the Commandant (CG-ENG).

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 74-289, 44 FR 26009, May 3, 1979, as amended by CGD 82-063b, 48 FR 4782, Feb. 3, 1983]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3703, 9101; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: CGD 74-289, 44 FR 26009, May 3, 1979, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 74-289, 44 FR 26009, May 3, 1979, as amended by CGD 82-063b, 48 FR 4782, Feb. 3, 1983]