Ship construction - Eyres, David J. (Elsevier Science, 2012)
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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
9 -- 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