Naval architecture

Naval architecture

The engineering science dealing with the design, construction, maintenance and operation of marine vessels and structures.

Industry: Shipbuilding

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sectional area curve

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

A curved line showing, at any fore and aft location, the cross sectional area of the underwater hull form. The curve indicates how the displaced volume is distributed along the length of the ship.

gypsy head

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

A cylinder-like fitting on the end of winch or windlass shafts. Fiber line is hauled or slacked by winding a few turns around it, the free end being held taut manually as it rotates.

universal chock

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

A deck-edge fitting through which a mooring line may be fed, and which allows easy passage of the line in any direction.

superstructure

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

A decked-over structure above the upper deck, the outboard sides of which are formed by the shell plating as distinguished from a deckhouse that does not extend outboard to the ship's sides.

transverse

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

A deep member supporting longitudinal frames of bottom or side shell or longitudinal deck beams. At right angles to the fore-and-aft centerline.

A deep, vertical, finlike projection on the bottom of a vessel near the stern, installed to support the lower edge of the rudder, to support the propeller shaft for single-screw ships, and for the ...