It is generally believed that a large warship such as an aircraft carrier can move in the case of a typhoon of 12, that is, the wind speed is about 33 meters per second. In the case of a typhoon of 12 magnitude, the maximum wave can reach 15 m, and the surge at the height of 12 m can already cause the pressure of 6 tons per square meter, and the impact of these surges will cause damage to the ship.
The most terrible thing is that when the swell wavelength is similar to that of the ship, the ship may be directly overhead at both ends. At this time, the keel of the ship may break and directly become two pieces.
Therefore, the statement that the aircraft carrier can adapt to 12 typhoon actually means that in this case, the aircraft carrier can maintain the possibility of structural damage and sinking. However, in reality, even the heaviest aircraft carrier needs to try its best to avoid the wind and waves at sea.
Because the equipment on the aircraft carrier is in typhoon weather, it is easy to suffer serious damage. For example, the radar antenna on the aircraft carrier, the deployed short-range air defense missile equipment, not to mention the precious carrier aircraft left on the deck, all of which may be damaged.
Moreover, the fighter plane could not take off from the aircraft carrier in strong typhoon weather, which actually deprived the aircraft carrier of its combat capability. In addition, the tonnage of ships accompanied by aircraft carriers is much smaller, and the survival performance of these warships in bad sea conditions is far less than that of aircraft carriers. Therefore, the aircraft carrier battle group must avoid typhoons, and it is impossible to ignore typhoons because of its own scale.
Overall design of aircraft carrier
An important feature of the aircraft carrier structure is the spacious flight deck. It is mainly used for take-off, landing, parking, maintenance, refueling and bomb hanging of carrier aircraft. The flight deck is generally180-340m long and 21-77m wide. It has a rectangular and folded shape and is divided into take-off area, landing area and waiting area.
The inclined deck is generally used in the landing area, which forms an angle of 8-12 with the center line of the ship, so that multiple carrier-based aircraft can take off and land at the same time without affecting each other and improve safety. The deck is equipped with a carrier-based elevator, a take-off catapult, a landing arrest device and a landing aid device. The island superstructure is located on the starboard side of the middle part of the flight deck.
There are large hangars, oil and ammunition storage cabins, carrier-based aircraft maintenance, refueling, inflation, oxygen supply, traction, mooring, washing, lifting, fire fighting and other facilities and equipment, as well as carrier-based aircraft communication, navigation, detection, guidance, command and control systems and cabins.