• Plating Thin pieces closing in the top, bottom, and sides of the structure. Plating makes a significant contribution to longitudinal hull strength, and resists the hydrostatic pressure load.
• Floor Deep frames running from the keel to the turn of the bilge. Frames may be attached to floors - the frame would be that part above the turn of the bilge.
• Wind and Water Strakes are the strakes of a ship's side shell plating between the ballast and deepest load waterline.
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• Keel A large center plane girder running longitudinally along the bottom of the ship.
– 舷侧板 side shell plate
– 舷侧顶列板 top side plate
Sheer Strake
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• Strake is a course, or row, of shell, deck, bulkhead, or other plating.
• Sheer Strake is the top strake of a ship's side shell plating.