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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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ribband
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A fore-and-aft wooden strip or heavy batten used to align the transverse frames and keep them in a fair line during construction. Any similar batten for fairing a ship's ...
diesel engine
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A form of internal combustion engine, which relies on the heat of compression to ignite the fuel mixture.
Isherwood system
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A former proprietary method of ship construction in which large, widely spaced transverse frames are used in conjunction with light, closely spaced longitudinal members. The ...
longitudinal framing
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A hull-stiffening system in which the stiffening members run along the length of the ship
cant frame
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A frame not square to the centerline at the counter of the ship and connected at the upper end to the cant beams.
cant beam
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A frame not square to the centerline at the counter of the ship and connected at the upper end to the cant beams.
