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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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neutral stability
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
The condition of a floating body that, if slightly deflected, will remain in the deflected position.
free surface
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
The condition of liquid without any constraints on its upper level.
caught in stays
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
The condition when a sailing vessel, in trying to tack, stops turning just as it is headed right into the wind.
scantlings
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
The cross sectional dimensions of a ship's frames, girders, plating, etc.
hawse pipe
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
Tube through which anchor chain is led overboard from the windlass wildcat on deck through the ship's side. Bolsters form rounded endings at the deck and shell to avoid sharp ...
