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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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numerical analysis
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
Mathematical methods for analyzing complex shapes in the absence of equations defining those shapes.
reduction gear
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
Mechanical device for diminishing rotational speed between prime mover and propeller.
sacrificial anode
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
Metal parts fitted to the hull of a ship to provide a transfer of ions to the cathodic part of an electrolytic coupling and so protect other parts of the ship that would ...
rolled shapes
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
Metallic components that are shaped by being squeezed between special rolls while red hot.
thrust deduction
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A restraining force arising from negative pressure on the stern caused by propeller action.
propeller
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A revolving screw-like device that drives the ship through the water, consisting of two or more blades; sometimes called a screw or wheel.
shape
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A rolled bar of constant cross section such as an angle, bulb angle, channel, etc.; also to impart curvature to a plate or other member.
