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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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blade area ratio
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
That proportion of the propeller disk occupied by the blades.
dynamic stability
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
The ability of a body to remain upright when subjected to various external disturbing influences.
tack
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
The action by which a sailing vessel can work its way against an adverse wind by sailing first at one angle off the wind, and then turning into the wind and sailing off at the ...
tacking
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
The action by which a sailing vessel can work its way against an adverse wind by sailing first at one angle off the wind, and then turning into the wind and sailing off at the ...
tunnel stern
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
The after end of a vessel shaped with one or more propeller tunnels.
