Water Dredger: Marine Dredging Ships - Different types of Ships
Technologically advanced ships help in doing many arduous tasks, which are sometimes totally out of human capability. Have you ever thought how …
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Naval Architecture & Ship Design for Marine Engineers
Showing guides and explainers filed under Naval Architecture & Ship Design for Marine Engineers.
Rip Currents, How Rip Currents Work, and How to Recognize a Rip Current
This is a must read for all beach lovers. It’s an irony that the waves that push everything out of the sea are also the reason behind hundreds …
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How does a sailboat sail into the wind ?
Do you know it’s a myth that a sail boat will go faster if the wind is blowing from directly behind it? Surprised? That’s the physics of …
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Dead Sea Scrolls significance - Dead Sea Facts
Why is the Dead Sea so named and is it really a deadly body of water? What is the significance of the Dead Sea Scrolls? Find out the answer to all …
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Design of bulkhead for marine vessels.
The wall inside of a ship is known as bulkhead. Bulkhead serve a large number of important functions. The design of bulkhead changes according to …
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Ship Anchor Chain - An arrangement to make the ship stay at a single point
A ship has all the controls and automation but she is quite helpless when it comes to the simple concept of braking. There are no brakes on a ship and …
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Dry dock methods and types of drydock
Maintenance at regular intervals of time is the key to have an elongated and efficient life of a ship at sea. Maintaining the internal parts of the …
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Variable pitch propellers and their uses in marine engineering
Most of the propellers that we come across are Fixed Pitch propellers(FPP). But there are propellers known as Controllable Pitch Propellers (CPP), …
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Ship sewage treatment plant - How does it work?
Discharging of sewage in sea or territorial waters in banned as it can drastically affect the marine life. In case the sewage is to be discharged, …
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Ship Hull Designs in Naval Architecture - An Overview
Hull is known as the foundation of the ship. It withstands extremely harsh climatic and weather conditions. Hull should be designed in such a way that …
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