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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Naval architecture

chain pipe

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

Pipe for passage of chain from windlass to chain locker.

inner bottom

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

Plating forming the top of the double bottom; also called tank top.

shell landings

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

Points on the frames where the edges of shell plates are located.

Portable bulkhead members, generally constructed of wood planking and fitted fore and aft in cargo holds when carrying grain or other cargo that might shift to one side when the ship is rolling in a ...

skewed blades

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

Propeller blades that are curled back within a plane normal to the shaft line.

raked blades

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

Propeller blades that slope aft when viewed from the side.

cathodic protection

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

Protection of a ship's hull against corrosion by superimposing on the hull an impressed current provided by a remote power source through a small number of inert anodes. Also accomplished by fitting ...