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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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declivity
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
Inclination of shipways on which a ship slides during launching.
breakwater
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
Inclined bulwark-like structure on a weather deck to deflect sea water coming over the bow and moving aft.
residual resistance
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
Inhibition to forward motion arising from energies going into creating waves and eddies. Also total resistance minus frictional resistance.
frictional resistance
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
Inhibition to forward motion arising from viscosity between water and hull.
wave-making resistance
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
Inhibition to forward motion through the water arising from the energy required to generate waves created by the hull.
