PREFACE GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1 SHIP TYPES AND TERMS Passenger Ships Container Ships (the Modern Cargo Liner Ships) General Cargo Ships Roll-On/ Roll-Off Vessels Oil Tankers Bulk Carriers Chemical Carriers Liquefied Gas Carriers Superyachts General Notes Ship Terms 2 STRESSES IN A SHIP''S STRUCTURE Strength of Ships - Overall Design Concept Longitudinal Bending Transverse Bending and Racking 3 STEEL SECTIONS USED: WELDING AND MATERIALS Welding Welding Safety Manual metal arc welding (electric arc welding) Welding Processes Materials Mild steel Higher tensile steels Arctic D steel Aluminium alloys The fracturing of steel structures Composites Machining and Repairs 4 BOTTOM AND SIDE FRAMING Double Bottom Side Framing 5 SHELL AND DECKS Shell Plating Deck Plating Beams and Deck Girders Hatches 6 BULKHEADS AND DEEP TANKS Watertight Bulkheads Watertight Doors Deep Tanks Non- watertight Bulkheads Corrugated Bulkheads 7 FORE END ARRANGEMENTS Stem Arrangements to Resist Panting Arrangements to Resist Pounding Bulbous Bow Anchor and Cable Arrangements 8 AFTER END ARRANGEMENTS Cruiser Stern Sternframe and Rudder Shaft Tunnel Thrust Improvement Kort Nozzle Tail Flaps and Rotating Cylinders Podded Drive 9 OIL TANKERS, BULK CARRIERS, LIQUEFIED GAS CARRIERS AND CONTAINER SHIPS 129 Introduction Oil Tankers Bulk Carriers Liquefied Gas Carriers Container Ships 10 THE LOAD LINE REGULATIONS Freeboard Tonnage 159 Life-Saving Appliances Fire Protection Survey of Ships - Discontinuities 11 SHIP DYNAMICS Propellers Fluctuating Forces Caused by the Propeller Wake Field Podded Drive Controllable Pitch Propellers Contra-Rotating Propellers Vertical Axis Propellers Tunnel Thrusters (Bow and Stern Thrusters) Rolling and Stabilisation Reduction of Roll Vibration 12 CORROSION, COATINGS AND DRY-DOCKING Insulation of Ships Corrosion Hull Coatings - for Efficiency and for the Prevention of Corrosion Design and maintenance Fouling Examination in Dry Dock - Class Emergency Repairs to Structure Engine Casing Funnel SELECTION OF EXAMINATION QUESTIONS - OPERATIONAL/MANAGEMENT LEVEL SELECTION OF EXAMINATION QUESTIONS - MANAGEMENT LEVEL INDEX ight Doors Deep Tanks Non- watertight Bulkheads Corrugated Bulkheads 7 FORE END ARRANGEMENTS Stem Arrangements to Resist Panting Arrangements to Resist Pounding Bulbous Bow Anchor and Cable Arrangements 8 AFTER END ARRANGEMENTS Cruiser Stern Sternframe and Rudder Shaft Tunnel Thrust Improvement Kort Nozzle Tail Flaps and Rotating Cylinders Podded Drive 9 OIL TANKERS, BULK CARRIERS, LIQUEFIED GAS CARRIERS AND CONTAINER SHIPS 129 Introduction Oil Tankers Bulk Carriers Liquefied Gas Carriers Container Ships 10 THE LOAD LINE REGULATIONS Freeboard Tonnage 159 Life-Saving Appliances Fire Protection Survey of Ships - Discontinuities 11 SHIP DYNAMICS Propellers Fluctuating Forces Caused by the Propeller Wake Field Podded Drive Controllable Pitch Propellers Contra-Rotating Propellers Vertical Axis Propellers Tunnel Thrusters (Bow and Stern Thrusters) Rolling and Stabilisation Reduction of Roll Vibration 12 CORROSION, COATINGS AND DRY-DOCKING Insulation of Ships Corrosion Hull Coatings - for Efficiency and for the Prevention of Corrosion Design and maintenance Fouling Examination in Dry Dock - Class Emergency Repairs to Structure Engine Casing Funnel SELECTION OF EXAMINATION QUESTIONS - OPERATIONAL/MANAGEMENT LEVEL SELECTION OF EXAMINATION QUESTIONS - MANAGEMENT LEVEL INDEXon of Roll Vibration 12 CORROSION, COATINGS AND DRY-DOCKING Insulation of Ships Corrosion Hull Coatings - for Efficiency and for the Prevention of Corrosion Design and maintenance Fouling Examination in Dry Dock - Class Emergency Repairs to Structure Engine Casing Funnel SELECTION OF EXAMINATION QUESTIONS - OPERATIONAL/MANAGEMENT LEVEL SELECTION OF EXAMINATION QUESTIONS - MANAGEMENT LEVEL INDEXight Doors Deep Tanks Non- watertight Bulkheads Corrugated Bulkheads 7 FORE END ARRANGEMENTS Stem Arrangements to Resist Panting Arrangements to Resist Pounding Bulbous Bow Anchor and Cable Arrangements 8 AFTER END ARRANGEMENTS Cruiser Stern Sternframe and Rudder Shaft Tunnel Thrust Improvement Kort Nozzle Tail Flaps and Rotating Cylinders Podded Drive 9 OIL TANKERS, BULK CARRIERS, LIQUEFIED GAS CARRIERS AND CONTAINER SHIPS 129 Introduction Oil Tankers Bulk Carriers Liquefied Gas Carriers Container Ships 10 THE LOAD LINE REGULATIONS Freeboard Tonnage 159 Life-Saving Appliances Fire Protection Survey of Ships - Discontinuities 11 SHIP DYNAMICS Propellers Fluctuating Forces Caused by the Propeller Wake Field Podded Drive Controllable Pitch Propellers Contra-Rotating Propellers Vertical Axis Propellers Tunnel Thrusters (Bow and Stern Thrusters) Rolling and Stabilisation Reduction of Roll Vibration 12 CORROSION, COATINGS AND DRY-DOCKING Insulation of Ships Corrosion Hull Coatings - for Efficiency and for the Prevention of Corrosion Design and maintenance Fouling Examination in Dry Dock - Class Emergency Repairs to Structure Engine Casing Funnel SELECTION OF EXAMINATION QUESTIONS - OPERATIONAL/MANAGEMENT LEVEL SELECTION OF EXAMINATION QUESTIONS - MANAGEMENT LEVEL INDEXight Doors Deep Tanks Non- watertight Bulkheads Corrugated Bulkheads 7 FORE END ARRANGEMENTS Stem Arrangements to Resist Panting Arrangements to Resist Pounding Bulbous Bow Anchor and Cable Arrangements 8 AFTER END ARRANGEMENTS Cruiser Stern Sternframe and Rudder Shaft Tunnel Thrust Improvement Kort Nozzle Tail Flaps and Rotating Cylinders Podded Drive 9 OIL TANKERS, BULK CARRIERS, LIQUEFIED GAS CARRIERS AND CONTAINER SHIPS 129 Introduction Oil Tankers Bulk Carriers Liquefied Gas Carriers Container Ships 10 THE LOAD LINE REGULATIONS Freeboard Tonnage 159 Life-Saving Appliances Fire Protection Survey of Ships - Discontinuities 11 SHIP DYNAMICS Propellers Fluctuating Forces Caused by the Propeller Wake Field Podded Drive Controllable Pitch Propellers Contra-Rotating Propellers Vertical Axis Propellers Tunnel Thrusters (Bow and Stern Thrusters) Rolling and Stabilisation Reduction of Roll Vibration 12 CORROSION, COATINGS AND DRY-DOCKING Insulation of Ships Corrosion Hull Coatings - for Efficiency and for the Prevention of Corrosion Design and maintenance Fouling Examination in Dry Dock - Class Emergency Repairs to Structure Engine Casing Funnel SELECTION OF EXAMINATION QUESTIONS - OPERATIONAL/MANAGEMENT LEVEL SELECTION OF EXAMINATION QUESTIONS - MANAGEMENT LEVEL INDEXon of Roll Vibration 12 CORROSION, COATINGS AND DRY-DOCKING Insulation of Ships Corrosion Hull Coatings - for Efficiency and for the Prevention of Corrosion Design and maintenance Fouling Examination in Dry Dock - Class Emergency Repairs to Structure Engine Casing Funnel SELECTION OF EXAMINATION QUESTIONS - OPERATIONAL/MANAGEMENT LEVEL SELECTION OF EXAMINATION QUESTIONS - MANAGEMENT LEVEL INDEXon of Roll Vibration 12 CORROSION, COATINGS AND DRY-DOCKING Insulation of Ships Corrosion Hull Coatings - for Efficiency and for the Prevention of Corrosion Design and maintenance Fouling Examination in Dry Dock - Class Emergency Repairs to Structure Engine Casing Funnel SELECTION OF EXAMINATION QUESTIONS - OPERATIONAL/MANAGEMENT LEVEL SELECTION OF EXAMINATION QUESTIONS - MANAGEMENT LEVEL INDEXight Doors Deep Tanks Non- watertight Bulkheads Corrugated Bulkheads 7 FORE END ARRANGEMENTS Stem Arrangements to Resist Panting Arrangements to Resist Pounding Bulbous Bow Anchor and Cable Arrangements 8 AFTER END ARRANGEMENTS Cruiser Stern Sternframe and Rudder Shaft Tunnel Thrust Improvement Kort Nozzle Tail Flaps and Rotating Cylinders Podded Drive 9 OIL TANKERS, BULK CARRIERS, LIQUEFIED GAS CARRIERS AND CONTAINER SHIPS 129 Introduction Oil Tankers Bulk Carriers Liquefied Gas Carriers