Naval architecture

What is naval architecture?
What is the role of a naval architect?
What are the skills required to become a naval architect?
What is the difference between naval architecture and marine engineering?
What are the different types of vessels that naval architects design?
What is a hull form?
What is a superstructure?
What is a keel?
What is a rib?
What is a stringer?
What is a bulkhead?
What is a deck?
What is a freeboard?
What is a draft?
What is the difference between displacement and planing hulls?
What is the difference between monohulls and multihulls?
What is a catamaran?
What is a trimaran?
What is a hydrofoil?
What is a SWATH vessel?
What is a semi-submersible vessel?
What is a submersible vessel?
What is a submarine?
What is a surface effect ship?
What is a hovercraft?
What is a hydroplane?
What is a hydrobike?
What is a hoverbike?
What is a hydrofoil bike?
What is a hydrofoil kite?
What is a hydrofoil boat?
What is a hydrofoil surfboard?
What is a hydrofoil wing?
What is a hydroplane boat?
What is a propeller?
What is a jet drive?
What is a waterjet?
What is a thruster?
What is a rudder?
What is a stabilizer?
What is a skeg?
What is a strut?
What is a strut-brace?
What is a bearing?
What is a propeller shaft?
What is a stern tube?
What is a stuffing box?
What is a water-lubricated stern tube?
What is a shaft seal?
What is a coupling?
What is a gearbox?
What is a reduction gear?
What is a reversing gear?
What is a controllable pitch propeller?
What is a fixed pitch propeller?
What is a feathering propeller?
What is a folding propeller?
What is a twin propeller?
What is a counter-rotating propeller?
What is a bow thruster?
What is a stern thruster?
What is a waterjet thruster?
What is a tunnel thruster?
What is a retractable thruster?
What is a pod drive?
What is a transom-mounted drive?
What is a surface drive?
What is a trim tab?
What is a rudder tab?
What is a stabilizer fin?
What is a bilge keel?
What is a bulbous bow?
What is a vertical stem?
What is a transom?
What is a skeg keel?
What is a transverse frame?
What is a longitudinal frame?
What is a web frame?
What is a girder?
What is a beam?
What is a deck beam?
What is a deck girder?
What is a keel beam?
What is a stringer beam?
What is a bracket?
What is a hatch cover?
What is a watertight door?
What is a ballast system?
What is a trim system?
What is a stability system?
What is a propulsion system?
What is a steering system?
What is a communication system?
What is a navigation system?
What is a safety system?
What is a firefighting system?
What is a sewage system?
What is a freshwater system?
What is a fuel system?
What is a lubrication system?
What is a bilge system?
What is a deck drainage system?
What is a anchoring system?
What is a mooring system?
What is a towing system?
What is a davit?
What is a winch?
What is a crane?
What is a bollard?
What is a cleat?
What is a fairlead?
What is a chock?
What is a roller?
What is a capstan?
What is a windlass?
What is a chain stopper?
What is a hawsepipe?
What is a fender?
What is a buoy?
What is a beacon?
What is a radar?
What is a sonar?
What is an echo sounder?
What is a GPS?
What is an AIS?
What is a VHF radio?
What is a MF/HF radio?
What is a EPIRB?
What is a SART?
What is a lifeboat?
What is a liferaft?
What is a lifejacket?
What is a survival suit?
What is a fire extinguisher?
What is a fire hose?
What is a fire pump?
What is a fire main?
What is a CO2 system?
What is a sprinkler system?
What is a foam system?
What is a smoke detection system?
What is a heat detection system?
What is a gas detection system?
What is a sounding system?
What is a tank level monitoring system?
What is a bilge alarm?
What is a high water alarm?
What is a low water alarm?
What is a collision bulkhead?
What is a double bottom?
What is a watertight compartment?
What is a collision mat?
What is a sea chest?
What is a venturi?
What is a propeller tunnel?
What is a skeg-supported rudder?
What is a Kort nozzle?
What is a nozzle-rudder?
What is a skeg-mounted propeller?
What is a thruster tunnel?
What is a moonpool?
What is a bulbous bow thruster?
What is a retractable bulbous bow?
What is a fluidic thrust vectoring system?
What is a wake-adaptive ship control system?
What is a contra-rotating propeller system?
What is a water lubricated bearing system?
What is a self-cleaning antifouling system?
What is a marine coating system?
What is a composite material?
What is a laminate?
What is a sandwich panel?
What is a core material?
What is a fiber reinforcement?
What is a resin?
What is a gelcoat?
What is a vacuum infusion process?
What is a hand lay-up process?
What is a filament winding process?
What is a pultrusion process?
What is a resin transfer molding process?
What is a compression molding process?
What is a closed molding process?
What is a open molding process?
What is a infusion molding process?
What is a tooling material?
What is a mold?
What is a pattern?
What is a prototype?
What is a scale model?
What is a towing tank?
What is a model basin?
What is a wave tank?
What is a wind tunnel?
What is a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software?
What is a finite element analysis (FEA) software?
What is a hydrodynamics?
What is a resistance and propulsion?
What is a seakeeping?
What is a maneuvering?
What is a stability?
What is a intact stability?
What is a damage stability?
What is a dynamic stability?
What is a trim and stability booklet?
What is a stability curve?
What is a inclining experiment?
What is a cross curves of stability?
What is a righting arm curve?
What is a moment to change trim curve?
What is a stability criteria?
What is a International Maritime Organization (IMO)?
What is a International Association of Classification Societies (IACS)?
What is a marine regulations?
What is a Classification society?
What is a flag state?
What is a port state?
What is a tonnage measurement?
What is a gross tonnage?
What is a net tonnage?
What is a displacement tonnage?
What is a lightweight?
What is a load line?
What is a freeboard deck?
What is a maximum draft?
What is a reserved buoyancy?
What is a camber?
What is a flare?
What is a tumblehome?
What is a bilge radius?
What is a center of buoyancy?
What is a center of gravity?
What is a metacentric height?
What is a metacentric radius?
What is a moment of inertia?
What is a pitch inertia?
What is a roll inertia?
What is a yaw inertia?
What is a moment of resistance?
What is a longitudinal strength?
What is a transverse strength?
What is a shear stress?
What is a bending stress?
What is a torsional stress?
What is a buckling?
What is a fatigue?
What is a corrosion?
What is a cavitation?
What is a ventilation?
What is a slamming?
What is a seiche?
What is a resonance?
What is a rudder cavitation?
What is a propeller cavitation?
What is a noise and vibration?
What is a underwater radiated noise?
What is a structure-borne noise?
What is a human vibration?
What is a cargo securing?
What is a container stowage?
What is a lashing arrangement?
What is a hatch cover sealing?
What is a ventilation arrangement?
What is a bilge and ballast system arrangement?
What is a fuel oil and lubricating oil system arrangement?
What is a freshwater and sewage system arrangement?
What is a fire safety system arrangement?
What is a safety equipment arrangement?
What is a equipment layout?
What is a access arrangement?
What is a ladder and stair arrangement?
What is a platform and walkway arrangement?
What is a vibration testing?
What is a fatigue testing?
What is a non-destructive testing (NDT)?
What is a ultrasonic testing?
What is a radiographic testing?
What is a magnetic particle testing?
What is a liquid penetrant testing?
What is a visual testing?
What is a ship launching?