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Naval architecture
The engineering science dealing with the design, construction, maintenance and operation of marine vessels and structures.
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flat plate keel
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
The horizontal, centerline, bottom shell strake constituting the lower flange of the keel
neutral axis
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
The imaginary plane within a beam or girder that is in neither tension nor compression.
molded displacement
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
The imaginary weight of water that would be displaced by the volume within the shell plating below the water line.
bitter end
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
The inboard end of a ship's anchoring cable which is secured in the chain locker.
heel
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
The inclination of a ship to one side. Also the corner of an angle, bulb angle or channel, commonly used in reference to the molded line.
squatting
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
The increase in trim by the stern assumed by a ship when underway over that existing when at rest.
bearding line
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
The intersection of the inside surface of the shell plating and the stem or sternpost.
