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The key structural members of a ship include the keel, hull, plating, frames, bulkheads, and decks. The keel acts as the backbone of the ship and supports the weight of the ship during construction and dry docking. The hull forms the main body below the deck and consists of steel plating and framing. Plating includes the bottom, deck, and shell plating which form the watertight shell. Frames and bulkheads provide transverse stiffening and divide the hull into compartments. Decks are plated structures that form the deck and provide watertight integrity.

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The key structural members of a ship include the keel, hull, plating, frames, bulkheads, and decks. The keel acts as the backbone of the ship and supports the weight of the ship during construction and dry docking. The hull forms the main body below the deck and consists of steel plating and framing. Plating includes the bottom, deck, and shell plating which form the watertight shell. Frames and bulkheads provide transverse stiffening and divide the hull into compartments. Decks are plated structures that form the deck and provide watertight integrity.

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Structural Members

• Ship’s structural members


Keel -The keel of the ship acts as the backbone or spine of the ship. -keel is
the steel plate with slightly more thickness than the other adjoining plates on
its sides. This area need more strengthening because the ship sits on this area
on the blocks, during construction as well as during dry docks.
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• Hull -The hull is the main body of
the ship below the main outside
deck. The hull consists of an
outside covering (or skin) and an
inside framework to which the
skin is secured. The skin and
framework are usually made of
steel and secured by welding.
However, there may still be some
areas where rivets are used. The
steel skin may also be called shell
plating.
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Plating -The plating of a hull is the series of plates that form the watertight
shell of the hull. There is bottom plating, deck plating and side shell plating.
From the figure below, The rectangles represent the steel plates and 1 row of
steel plate is called a strake, these strakes makes the plating of a ship.
Shell plating -Shell plating is the steel plate used on the shell of the ship. The
dictionary meaning of the shell is “hard outer covering”. So shell plating is
whatever we see on outer side of the ship. It is the water-tight outside
covering of the ship. It provides longitudinal strength as well. It can be
divided into two for the reason that it covers a huge portion of the ship. It is
the bottom shell plating and the side shell plating.
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Deck plating --The
purpose of the deck plating is
to form watertight integrity.
This includes shedding of
water that washes over the
deck which is achieved
effectively by forming the
deck with approximately a
one in fiftieth camber.
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Frames- act as major
transverse stiffeners. If keel is
the backbone of the ship, the
frames are considered to be
the rib cage. Frames are big
size steel plate connected to
bottom of the ship, Runs in
athwart ship direction,
strengthen the ship against
buckling and bending.
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• Transverse frames- Acts as a
stiffener in order for the hull to
withstand the force applied at
the sides of the ship. Also a
support for the outer plating. In
a general cargo ship the
transverse framing will consist of
main and hold frames with
brackets top and bottom, and
lighter tween deck frames with
brackets at the tops only.
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Knee- Connecting plate between a side frame and a transverse deck
beam. A reinforcement of the end of a deck-beam where it is attached
to the side of a vessel to strengthen the whole against the racking
effects of rolling at sea.
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• Brackets- A general term that identifies any part used to connect two
member.
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Floors- These are made up of cross members that are mounted perpendicular to the keel
and girders.
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Tank top-Watertight series of plates attached to a ship's bottom


framework. Closing plate of the double bottom.
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• Double bottom -The
double bottom is the
watertight space
between the bottom
plating and the tank
top.
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• Bulkheads- A bulkhead is an
upright wall within the hull of a
ship. Other kinds of partition
elements within a ship are decks
and deckheads. One of its
purposes is to increase structural
rigidity of the vessel or divide
functional areas into rooms, like
the cargo holds.
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• Stiffeners - Anything that is used
solely to provide strength to a
ship structure can be called a
stiffener.
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• Pillars- Used to support deck
beams or reinforce potentially
weak areas. Vertical member
inside a ship that connects the
deck to the ship's bottom
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• Deck beams-beam is a
structural element that
increases load bearing
capability and avoid
bending of the structure.
A support for the deck
plating.
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• Longitudinal -
Longitudinal is short
name for longitudinal
stiffeners. Are beams
(mostly L-beams) and
runs along the length of
the ship.
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• Deck Girders-These
are longitudinal
members that
combine with the
beams to form the
longitudinal framing
of the deck.

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