Front Cover -- Ship Construction -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part One - Introduction to Shipbuilding -- 1 - Basic design of the ship -- Preparation of the design -- Information provided by design -- Purchase of a new vessel -- Ship contracts -- Further reading -- Some useful websites -- 2 - Ship dimensions, form, size, or category -- Oil tankers -- Bulk carriers -- Container ships -- IMO oil tanker categories -- Panama canal limits -- Suez canal limits -- Some useful websites -- 3 - Development of ship types -- Dry cargo ships -- Bulk carriers -- Car carriers -- Oil tankers -- Passenger ships -- Further reading -- Part Two - Materials and Strength of Ships -- 4 - Classification societies -- Rules and regulations -- Lloyd's register -- Classification of ships operating in ice -- Structural design programs -- Periodical surveys -- Hull planned maintenance scheme -- Damage repairs -- Further reading -- Some useful websites -- 5 - Steels -- Manufacture of steels -- Heat treatment of steels -- Steel sections -- Shipbuilding steels -- High tensile steels -- Corrosion-resistant steels -- Steel sandwich panels -- Steel castings -- Steel forgings -- Further reading -- Some useful websites -- 6 - Other shipbuilding materials -- Aluminum alloy -- Production of aluminum -- Aluminum alloy sandwich panels -- Fire protection -- Fiber-reinforced composites (FRCs) -- Some useful websites -- 7 - Testing of materials -- Classification society tests for hull materials -- 8 - Stresses to which a ship is subject -- Vertical shear and longitudinal bending in still water -- Bending moments in a seaway -- Longitudinal shear forces -- Bending stresses -- Transverse stresses -- Local stresses -- Brittle fracture -- Fatigue failures -- Buckling -- Monitoring ship stresses at sea -- Further reading -- Some useful websites.

Part Three - Welding and Cutting -- 9 - Welding and cutting processes used in shipbuilding -- Gas welding -- Electric arc welding -- Other welding processes -- Cutting processes -- Further reading -- Some useful websites -- 10 - Welding practice and testing welds -- Welding practice -- Welding automation -- Welding distortion -- Welding sequences -- Testing welds -- Nondestructive testing -- Classification society weld tests -- Further reading -- Some useful websites -- Part Four - Shipyard Practice -- 11 - Shipyard layout -- Further reading -- Some useful websites -- 12 - Design information for production -- Ship drawing office -- Loftwork following drawing office -- Computer-aided design (CAD)/computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) -- Further reading -- Some useful websites -- 13 - Plate and section preparation and machining -- Plate and section preparation -- Plate and section part preparation -- Frame bending -- Further reading -- Some useful websites -- 14 - Assembly of ship structure -- Assembly -- Subassemblies -- Unit assembly -- Block assembly -- Outfit modules -- Unit erection -- Joining ship sections afloat -- Further reading -- Some useful websites -- 15 - Launching -- End launches -- Side launches -- Building docks -- Ship lifts -- Floating docks -- Marine railways -- Further reading -- Some useful websites -- Part Five - Ship Structure -- Introduction -- Basic structural arrangements -- Note -- 16 - Bottom structure -- Keels -- Single-bottom structure -- Double-bottom structure -- Machinery seats -- 17 - Shell plating and framing -- Shell plating -- Framing -- Tank side brackets -- Local strengthening of shell plating -- Bilge keel -- Further reading -- Some useful websites -- 18 - Bulkheads and pillars -- Bulkheads -- Watertight doors -- Deep tanks -- Topside tanks -- Shaft tunnel -- Pillars -- Further reading -- Some useful websites.

19 - Decks, hatches, and superstructures -- Decks -- Hatches -- Bulwarks -- Superstructures and deckhouses -- Further reading -- Some useful websites -- 20 - Fore end structure -- Stem -- Bulbous bows -- Chain locker -- Hawse pipes -- Bow steering arrangements -- Bow thrust units -- Some useful websites -- 21 - Aft end structure -- Stern construction -- Stern frame -- Rudders -- Steering gear -- Sterntube -- Shaft bossing and 'A' brackets -- Propellers -- Electric podded propulsors -- Further reading -- Some useful websites -- 22 - Tanker construction -- Oil tankers -- Materials for tanker construction -- Construction in tank spaces -- Bulkheads -- Hatchways -- Testing tanks -- Fore end structure -- After end structure -- Superstructures -- Floating production, storage, and offloading vessels -- Chemical tankers -- Further reading -- Some useful websites -- 23 - Liquefied gas carriers -- Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) -- Liquefied natural gas (LNG) -- The IMO international gas carrier code -- Liquefied petroleum gas ships -- Liquefied natural gas ships -- General arrangement of gas carriers -- Lloyd's classification -- Further reading -- Some useful websites -- Part Six - Outfit -- 24 - Cargo lifting arrangements -- Shipboard cranes -- Masts and Sampson posts -- Derrick rigs -- Further reading -- Some useful websites -- 25 - Cargo access, handling, and restraint -- Stern and bow doors -- Ramps -- Side doors and loaders -- Portable decks -- Scissors lift -- Cargo restraint -- Further reading -- Some useful websites -- 26 - Pumping and piping arrangements -- Bilge and ballast pumping and piping -- General service pipes and pumping -- Air and sounding pipes -- Sea inlets -- Cargo pumping and piping arrangements in tankers -- Further reading -- Some useful websites -- 27 - Corrosion control and antifouling systems -- Nature and forms of corrosion.

Corrosion control -- Antifouling systems -- Painting ships -- Further reading -- Some useful websites -- 28 - Heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, refrigeration, and insulation -- Ventilation -- Refrigeration -- Insulation -- Refrigerated container ships -- Further reading -- Some useful websites -- Part Seven - International Regulations -- 29 - International Maritime Organization -- Organization of the IMO -- Work of the IMO -- Relationship with national authorities -- Relationship with classification societies -- Further reading -- Some useful websites -- 30 - Tonnage -- International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships 1969 -- Tonnages -- Measurement -- Compensated gross tonnage (CGT) -- Further reading -- 31 - Load Line Rules -- Freeboard computation -- Conditions of assignment of freeboard -- Further reading -- 32 - Structural fire protection -- Requirements -- 'A', 'B', and 'C' class divisions -- Openings in fire protection divisions -- Protection of special category spaces -- Fire protection arrangements in high-speed craft -- Further reading -- Some useful websites -- Subject Index.