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Ship Construction and Welding

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  • 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

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
  2. Introduction to Ships

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    Pages 1-19
  3. Characteristics of Shipbuilding Industry

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    Pages 21-24
  4. Structural Requirement

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    Pages 25-38
  5. Basic Structural Components

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    Pages 39-48
  6. Structural Subassemblies

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    Pages 49-59
  7. Structural Assemblies

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    Pages 61-76
  8. Midship Sections

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    Pages 77-84
  9. Structural Alignment and Continuity

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    Pages 85-90
  10. Material of Construction

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    Pages 91-109
  11. Steel Material Preparation

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    Pages 111-116
  12. Plate Cutting

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    Pages 117-133
  13. Plate and Section Forming

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    Pages 135-144
  14. Fusion Welding Power Source

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    Pages 145-157
  15. Welding Parameters

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    Pages 159-174
  16. Fusion Welding Methods

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    Pages 175-220
  17. Solid State Welding

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    Pages 221-234
  18. Welding Residual Stress and Distortion

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    Pages 235-261
  19. Distortion Control and Mitigation

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    Pages 263-281
  20. Welding Defects

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    Pages 283-292

About this book

This book addresses various aspects of ship construction, from ship types and construction materials, to welding technologies and accuracy control. The contents of the book are logically organized and divided into twenty-one chapters.


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

  • Department of Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India

    Nisith R. Mandal

About the author

Prof. Nisith R. Mandal, B.Tech (Hons), Ph.D., FIE, FRINA is a Professor at the Department of Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture, IIT Kharagpur. Prior to joining the IIT in 1987, while working in Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd. he was involved in the initiation of a modular method of ship construction. Subsequently he headed for higher studies and obtained his Ph.D. in Ship Production and Welding Technology from the Ship Research Institute, Gdansk, Poland in 1985. Since then he has been actively engaged in teaching and research in the field of welding techniques, distortion and line heating as applied to shipbuilding. He has undertaken several industrial consultancy as well as research projects in his area of expertise sponsored by various agencies like Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd., Calcutta, Mazagon Dock Ltd., Mumbai, Cochin Shipyard Ltd., Department of Science and Technology, GoI, the Ministry of Surface Transport (Shipbuilding & Ship Repair Wing), GoI, Manipur Science and Technology Council, Maglev Inc., USA, Institute for Plasma Research, Ahmedabad, West Bengal Surface Transport Corporation, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the Naval Research Board, etc. He has published over 75 research papers in peer-reviewed journals and for national and international conferences. He has authored three books, “Aluminum Welding”, 2nd Edition,
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.

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eBook USD 99.00
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Softcover Book USD 129.99
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  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 179.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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