Basic Design

&Construction
Major Structures

Noel Frichot

Design & Construction

Major Structures

Scope
Shell plating & Deck
Framing
Keel
Double bottom structure
Double hull structures
Subdivision
Forward end structures
After end structures

Naming the basic parts of a ship

Aft Perpendicular

Shear Aft

Rake of Bridge Front

Cut Up aft

Base line

Shear Forward

Rake of Bow
Cut Up fwd

Flare at Bow

Run

Parallel Body

Transverse section of bow

Entrance

Flare of bow
Flare of bow with chine

Bow

Transverse Bulkhead

Deck Plating

Transverse Frame

Longitudinal
Shell Plating

Keel

Longitudin
al member

Breast Hooks

Stem Post

Keel Plate

Flat Plate Keel & Centre Girder

Centre
Girder

Plate Keel

Floor

Duct Keel
2 Longitudinal
Girders

Floor.

Structural Strength

Bulbous Bow
Floors at every frame
Diaphragm
Plates horizontally every
metre

Deep
Centreline Web
Transverse
Wash
Bulkheads
Thicker Plating

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xv
at25P1JT8

http://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMct-d68
CM0&feature=related

Stern frame & Rudder Arrangement

Hinged, Unbalanced Rudder

Semi-Balanced Rudder

For greater
Manoeuvrabilit
y

Design & Construction

Major Structures

Framing Systems
Transverse Framing
Mainly older vessels
Length limitations
120 m.

Design & Construction

Major Structures

Framing Systems
Longitudinal Framing
Suitable for long
vessels

Design & Construction

Major Structures

Design & Construction

Major Structures

Design & Construction

Major Structures

Decks
Deck Frames
Transverse
Longitudinal.

Design & Construction

Major Structures

Decks
(Deck Stringers)

Deck Plating
Strakes
Stringer Plates
Thicker Plating near:
Deck Edge
Localised areas
openings
loads

(Deck Beams)

Design & Construction

Major Structures
Hatch Coaming

Web Frame

Shell Plating

Design & Construction

Major Structures

Combined System

PL

Design & Construction

Vessel Types

Design & Construction

Vessel Type - Container Ship

Design & Construction

Vessel Types - Bulk Carrier

Design & Construction

Vessel Types - Bulk Carrier

Year

Bulkers sunk

Lives lost

1990

20 Bulkers

94 crew

1991

24 Bulkers

154 crew

For actual sinking go to

www.shipnostalgia.com/archive/index.php?t-185
93.html
Or Google A list of Bulk carriers that have
suffered structural failure

Major Bulk Carrier size categories

Name

Size in
DWT

Handysiz
e

10,000
35,000

34%

18%

$28M

$28M

Handym
ax

35,000
59,000

37%

18%

$28M

$28M

Panamax 60,000
80,000

19%

20%

$35M

$34M

Capesize

10%

62%

$59M

$68.4M

80,000
and over

Ships

Traffic
(Miles X
tons)

New
price

Used
price

Design & Construction

Vessel Types Roll-On/Roll-Off.....Ro/Ro

Design & Construction

Vessel Types Roll-On/Roll-Off.....Ro/Ro

Design & Construction

Vessel Types Roll-On/Roll-Off.....Ro/Ro

Design & Construction

Vessel Types Tankers

http://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8p5iSH
mSBY

Design & Construction

Vessel Types Tankers
Deck, bottom shell, side shell & longitudinal
bulkheads are stiffened longitudinally

Design & Construction

Vessel Types Tankers
Deck & bottom shell are framed Longitudinally with
transverse side frames & vertical stiffeners on
Longitudinal bulkheads

Design & Construction

Vessel Types Cruise Liners

Design & Construction

Vessel Types Cruise Liners

The End
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