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Shipbuilding
The design, construction and maintenance of both commercial and military ships and floating vessels in shipyards or other marine facilities.
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modulus of elasticity
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
The stress that would double the length of a specimen if it did not break in two first. Same as Young's modulus.
hull
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
The structural body of a ship, including shell plating, framing, deck, bulkheads, etc.
foundation
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
The structural supports for the boilers, main engines or turbines and reduction gears are called main foundations. Supports for machinery space auxiliary machinery are called ...
compartmentation
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
The subdividing of the hull by transverse watertight bulkheads so that the ship may remain afloat under certain assumed conditions of flooding.
SI units
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
The system of units now being used internationally is the Systeme International d'Unites (SI). Informally referred to as the metric system.
subdivision
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
The technology of locating watertight bulkheads along the length of a ship so as to confine flooding in case of damage to the shell.
