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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load line mark

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

Inscription on the side of a ship showing the maximum draft to which it may be loaded. Commonly called the Plimsoll mark

inboard

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

Inside the ship; toward the centerline.

bilge

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

Intersection of bottom and side. May be rounded or angular as in a chine form hull. The lower parts of holds, tanks and machinery spaces where bilge water may accumulate.

stern frame

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

Large casting, forging or weldment attached to after end of the keel. Incorporates the rudder gudgeons and in single-screw ships includes the propeller post.

registered tonnage

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

Legally prescribed measure of a vessel's internal volume in units of 100 cubic feet.

molded lines

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

Lines defining the geometry of a hull as a surface without thickness; structural members are related to molded lines according to standard practice (unless otherwise shown on drawings) e.g. the ...

hydrostatic curves

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

Lines drawn on grid paper showing hull form characteristics (such as displacement and block coefficient) at different drafts. Also called curves of form.