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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set iron

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

A bar of soft iron used on the bending slab as a form to which to bend frames into the desired shapes.

chain plate

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

A bar or plate secured to the shell of a vessel to which the standing rigging is attached ..

heel piece

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

A bar that serves as a connecting piece between two bars which butt end-to-end. The flange of the heel bar is reversed from those of the bars it connects.

heel bar

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

A bar that serves as a connecting piece between two bars which butt end-to-end. The flange of the heel bar is reversed from those of the bars it connects.

A basin excavated at a waterway and connected thereto by gates or a caisson which may be opened to let a vessel in or out and then closed and the water pumped out. The dock is fitted with stationary ...