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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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propeller disk
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A plane circle encompassing the sweep of the propeller blades.
doubling plate
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A plate fitted outside or inside of and faying (touching) against another to give extra local strength or stiffness.
keel rider
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A plate running along the top of the center vertical keel in a single-bottom vessel
furnaced plate
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A plate that requires heating in order to be shaped.
bracket
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A plate used to connect rigidly two or more structural parts, such as deck beam to frame, or bulkhead stiffener to the deck or tank top (usually triangular in shape).
flexplate
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A plate, at one end of a foundation, which permits a piece of machinery mounted on the foundation to expand or contract freely.
deck
Shipbuilding; Naval architecture
A platform in a ship corresponding to a floor in a building. It is the plating, planking or covering of any tier of beams either in the hull or superstructure of a ship.
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