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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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network flow
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A technique for relating tasks in the process of scheduling ship production; the principles lend themselves to computer application.
brittle fracture
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A tensile failure that acts with such abruptness that the failed material does not "neck down."
stringer
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A term applied to a fore-and-aft girder running along the side of a ship at the shell and also to the outboard strake of plating on any deck. Also the side pieces of a ladder or staircase into which ...
screen bulkhead
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A term applied to a light nonwatertight transverse bulkhead fitted in some Great Lakes bulk carriers - Its flexibility allows it to survive the effects of the unloading machinery.
boom crutch
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A term applied to a light structure built up from a deck to support the free end of a boom when it is not in use. Also called a boom rest.
