Overview
- Describes ship construction step-by-step and at a fundamental level
- Discusses welding methods for modern shipbuilding in detail
- Explains how to handle residual stress and distortion during steel hull fabrication
- Presents essential distortion mitigation and accuracy control methods and techniques
- Includes a wealth of illustrations, line drawings, and laboratory and shipyard-level experiments to aid understanding
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Series on Naval Architecture, Marine Engineering, Shipbuilding and Shipping (NAMESS, volume 2)
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Table of contents (21 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
The book covers structural arrangement with longitudinal and transverse framing systems based on the service load, and explains basic structural elements like hatch side girders, hatch end beams, stringers, etc. along with structural subassemblies like floors, bulkheads, inner bottom, decks and shells. It presents in detail double bottom construction, wing tanks & duct keels, fore & aft end structures, etc., together with necessary illustrations. The midship sections of various ship types are introduced, together with structural continuity and alignment in ship structures.
With regard to construction materials, the book discusses steel, aluminum alloys and fiber reinforced composites. Variousmethods of steel material preparation are discussed, and plate cutting and forming of plates and sections are explained. The concept of line heating for plate bending is introduced.
Welding power source characteristics, metal transfer mechanisms, welding parameters and their effects on the fusion zone, weld deposit, and weld bead profile are discussed in detail. Various fusion welding methods, MMAW, GMAW, SAW, Electroslag welding and Electrogas welding and single side welding are explained in detail. Friction stir welding as one of the key methods of solid state welding as applied to aluminum alloys is also addressed.
The mechanisms of residual stress formation and distortion are explained in connection with stiffened panel fabrication, with an emphasis on weld induced buckling of thin panels. Further, the basic principles of distortion prevention, in-process distortion control and mitigation techniques like heat sinking, thermo-mechanical tensioningetc. are dealt with in detail.
In its final section, the book describes in detail various types of weld defects that are likely to occur, together with their causes and remedial measures. The nondestructive testing methods that are most relevant to ship construction are explained. Lastly, a chapter on accuracy control based on statistical principles is included, addressing the need for a suitable mechanism to gauge the ranges of variations so that one can quantitatively target the end product accuracy.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
2005, “Welding and Distortion Control”, 2004, and “Welding Techniques, Distortion Control and Line Heating”, 2009 published jointly by Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi and Alpha Science International Ltd., Pangbourne, UK. He has conducted several short courses for shipyard professionals on Ship Repair and Maintenance, Welding & Distortion Control in Steel Fabrication, Aluminum Welding in the Marine Industry, Weld Induced Distortion Prediction and Control, Shipyard Productivity - Process Evaluation and Improvement, and Distortion Control in Shipbuilding.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Ship Construction and Welding
Authors: Nisith R. Mandal
Series Title: Springer Series on Naval Architecture, Marine Engineering, Shipbuilding and Shipping
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2955-4
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-2953-0Published: 16 November 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-9749-2Published: 05 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-2955-4Published: 09 November 2016
Series ISSN: 2194-8445
Series E-ISSN: 2194-8453
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 314
Number of Illustrations: 198 b/w illustrations
Topics: Engineering Design, Solid Mechanics, Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk, Transportation Technology and Traffic Engineering