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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butt strap

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

A term applied to a strip of plate serving as a connecting strap between the butted ends of the plating. The strap connections at the edges are called seam straps.

crutch

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

A term applied to a support for a boom. Also applied to the jaw of a boom or gaff.

rudder frame

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

A term applied to a vertical main piece and the arms that project from it which forms the frame of the rudder. It may be a casting, a forging, or a weldment.

chain riveting

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

A term applied to an arrangement of the rivets in adjoining rows where the centers of the rivets are opposite each other and on a line perpendicular to the joint.

staggered riveting

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

A term applied to an arrangement of the rivets in adjoining rows where the rivets in alternate rows are one-half the pitch or spacing ahead of those in the other rows.

zig-zag riveting

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

A term applied to an arrangement of the rivets in adjoining rows where the rivets in alternate rows are one-half the pitch or spacing ahead of those in the other rows.

A term applied to an enclosure partially or wholly worked around fittings or equipment. That portion of the mast below the surface of the weather deck. Applied to topmasts, that portion overlapping ...