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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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shaft horsepower
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
The power delivered to the propeller shaft at the end next to the propulsion machinery.
keel
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
The principal fore-and-aft component of a ship's framing, located along the centerline of the bottom and connected to the stem and stern frames. Floors or bottom transverses are attached to the keel
lofting
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
The process of developing the size and shape of components of the ship from the designed lines; traditionally, making templates using full scale lines laid down on the floor of the mold loft; today, ...
bending moment
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
The product of a weight acting at a distance from the support.
propulsive coefficient
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
The product of propeller efficiency and hull efficiency. Used to relate effective horsepower and power delivered to the propeller.
cubic number
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
The product of the ship's length, beam, and depth divided by 100.
sheer plan
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
The profile view in a lines drawing or lines plan. Shows shapes of buttocks.
