Ship construction
Ship Construction is the market leading text for the professional shipbuilding and naval architecture sector. Acting as both a reference on the latest developments in construction techniques, safety and shipyard practice for professionals and a comprehensive text for students of naval architecture,...
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| Format | Electronic eBook |
| Language | English |
| Published |
Oxford ; Singapore :
Butterworth-Heinemann,
©2012.
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| Edition | 7th ed. |
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| Online Access | Full text |
| ISBN | 9780080972404 0080972403 9780080972398 008097239X 1283734907 9781283734905 |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource |
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Table of Contents:
- Front Cover; Ship Construction; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part One
- Introduction to Shipbuilding; 1
- Basic design of the ship; Preparation of the design; Information provided by design; Purchase of a new vessel; Ship contracts; Further reading; Some useful websites; 2
- Ship dimensions, form, size, or category; Oil tankers; Bulk carriers; Container ships; IMO oil tanker categories; Panama canal limits; Suez canal limits; Some useful websites; 3
- Development of ship types; Dry cargo ships; Bulk carriers; Car carriers; Oil tankers; Passenger ships; Further reading.
- Part Two
- Materials and Strength of Ships4
- Classification societies; Rules and regulations; Lloyd's register; Classification of ships operating in ice; Structural design programs; Periodical surveys; Hull planned maintenance scheme; Damage repairs; Further reading; Some useful websites; 5
- Steels; Manufacture of steels; Heat treatment of steels; Steel sections; Shipbuilding steels; High tensile steels; Corrosion-resistant steels; Steel sandwich panels; Steel castings; Steel forgings; Further reading; Some useful websites; 6
- Other shipbuilding materials; Aluminum alloy.
- Production of aluminumAluminum alloy sandwich panels; Fire protection; Fiber-reinforced composites (FRCs); Some useful websites; 7
- Testing of materials; Classification society tests for hull materials; 8
- Stresses to which a ship is subject; Vertical shear and longitudinal bending in still water; Bending moments in a seaway; Longitudinal shear forces; Bending stresses; Transverse stresses; Local stresses; Brittle fracture; Fatigue failures; Buckling; Monitoring ship stresses at sea; Further reading; Some useful websites; Part Three
- Welding and Cutting.
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- Welding and cutting processes used in shipbuildingGas welding; Electric arc welding; Other welding processes; Cutting processes; Further reading; Some useful websites; 10
- Welding practice and testing welds; Welding practice; Welding automation; Welding distortion; Welding sequences; Testing welds; Nondestructive testing; Classification society weld tests; Further reading; Some useful websites; Part Four
- Shipyard Practice; 11
- Shipyard layout; Further reading; Some useful websites; 12
- Design information for production; Ship drawing office; Loftwork following drawing office.
- Computer-aided design (CAD)/computer-aided manufacturing (CAM)Further reading; Some useful websites; 13
- Plate and section preparation and machining; Plate and section preparation; Plate and section part preparation; Frame bending; Further reading; Some useful websites; 14
- Assembly of ship structure; Assembly; Subassemblies; Unit assembly; Block assembly; Outfit modules; Unit erection; Joining ship sections afloat; Further reading; Some useful websites; 15
- Launching; End launches; Side launches; Building docks; Ship lifts; Floating docks; Marine railways; Further reading.