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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wing tank

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

Tanks located well outboard adjacent to the side shell plating, often consisting of a continuation of the double bottom up the sides to a deck or flat.

transverse stability

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

That branch of stability having to do with the tendency for a vessel to resist capsize.

longitudinal stability

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

That branch of the study of stability having to do with questions of trim and pitching

hull engineering

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

That collection of mechanical devices outside the engine room.

ship's service

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

That collection of systems outside the engine room required to operate the vessel.

reverse frame

Shipbuilding; Naval architecture

A bar forming the top member of an open floor, attached to the underside of the inner bottom.

A device formerly used to circumvent the tonnage measurement rules, consisting of a closure just short of meeting the definition of a watertight closing appliance, but nevertheless accepted in the ...