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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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panting
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
The pulsation in and out of the bow and stern plating as the ship alternately rises and plunges deep into the water. May also occur abreast the propellers of a multiscrew ship.
prismatic coefficient
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
The ratio of a ship's displaced volume of water to that of a prism with a base area equal to the maximum sectional area multiplied by the vessel's length.
waterplane coefficient
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
The ratio of the area of a waterplane divided by the product of the ship's length and beam.
maximum section coefficient (CX)
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
The ratio of the area of the maximum vertical transverse cross section of the underwater body of a ship to the product of the waterline beam and the draft at that section.
midship coefficient
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
The ratio of the area of the vertical transverse cross section of the underwater body of a ship at mid-length divided by the product of the waterline beam and draft at that point.
block coefficient
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
The ratio of the underwater volume of a ship to the volume of a rectangular block, the dimensions of which are the length, draft and beam. The relationship is expressed as a ...
open water efficiency
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
The ratio of useful energy produced by a screw propeller to the energy put into it when operating without interference from the hull.
