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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standing rigging

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

Fixed rigging supporting the masts such as shrouds and stays. Does not include running rigging such as boom topping lifts, vangs and cargo falls.

Fixed wire ropes leading forward from aloft on a mast to the deck to prevent the mast from bending aft. Backstays lead from aloft to the deck edge well abaft the position of the mast. Preventer stays ...

tripping bracket

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

Flat bars or plates fitted at various points on deck girders, stiffeners, or beams as reinforcements to prevent their free flanges from distorting under compression.

gasket

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

Flexible material used to pack joints in machinery, piping, doors, hatches, etc, to prevent leakage of liquids or gases.

seam

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

Fore-and-aft joint of shell plating, deck and tank top plating, or a lengthwise edge joint of any plating.

longitudinals

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

Fore-and-aft structural members attached to the underside of decks, flats, or to the inner bottom, or on the inboard side of the shell plating, in association with widely spaced transverses, in the ...