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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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dead cover
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A metal cover to close an airport from within the ship in case of breakage of the glass - Also called deadlight.
liverpool head
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A metal device fitted to the top of a smoke pipe, as from a galley, to minimize inflow of water and to promote the draft in the pipe. Sometimes mechanically activated by wind
expanded metal
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A metallic mesh made by slotting and then stretching a sheet of the material.
extrusion
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A metallic part whose sectional shape is formed by the metal being squeezed (while heated to plastic condition) through a hole of the desired shape.
spot welding
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A method for lightly fastening two pieces of sheet metal. A machine presses the two pieces between small-diameter rods, between which an electric current is passed, the heat of ...
three-watch system
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A method for managing a ship in which three groups of seafarers share the duties, each working eight hours per day.
