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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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soft patch
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A temporary plate put on over a break or hole and secured with tap bolts. It is made watertight with a gasket such as canvas saturated in red lead.
shaft strut
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A term applied to a bracket supporting the outboard after end of the propeller shaft and the propeller in twin or multiple-screwed vessels having propeller shafts fitted off the center line. It ...
line of rivets
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A term applied to a continuous line of rivets whose centers fall on a line perpendicular to the joint.
row of rivets
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A term applied to a continuous row of rivets whose centers fall on a line parallel to the joint. Joints made by one row of rivets are known as single-riveted joints; by two rows, as double-riveted ...
expansion joint
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A term applied to a joint which permits linear movement to take up the expansion and contraction due to changing temperature or ship movement.
deck house
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A term applied to a partial superstructure that does not extend from side to side of a vessel as do the bridge, poop, and forecastle.
jack rod
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A term applied to a pipe or rod to which the edges of awnings or weather cloths are secured.
