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Ship Construction 3 min read
Gas Shielded Arc Welding Processes
Gas shielded arc welding processes use a blanket of a gas, instead of flux, to provide insulation to the arc…
Important Charts 2 min read
CONVERSION FACTOR
A conversion factor is the number or formula you need to convert a measurement in one set of units to the same measurement in…
Ship Construction 3 min read
Arc Welding
The fundamental principle of arc welding is to connect a metal electrode to an electrical power supply, forming a closed…
Important Charts 1 min read
DIMENSIONS AND UNITS FOR PHYSICAL QUANTITIES
mksq SYSTEM MECHANICAL QUANTITIES THERMAL QUANTITIES *The dimension of temperature is θ; the unit is K° ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC QUANTITIES
Important Charts 1 min read
DIMENSIONS OF esu AND emu ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC QUANTITIES
The fundamental dimensions in both systems are M, L, T. cgs units used.
Ship Construction 1 min read
Welding Methods And Weld Defects In Shipbuilding
Welding is one of the most widely used hot-work processes used in the shipbuilding industry. The development in welding technology has enabled…
Important Charts 1 min read
DESCRIPTION OF UNITS
MECHANICAL UNITS ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC UNITS The esu and emu unit systems are cgs systems esu denotes “electrostatic unit”, sometimes…
Ship Construction 8 min read
Spiral Manoeuvre
This is a measure of the directional stability of the vessel. Imagine a situation where your vessel drifts off the…
Important Charts 2 min read
DECIMAL MULTIPLES AND SUB-MULTIPLES
The 11th CGPM (1960, Resolution 12) adopted a series of prefix names and prefix symbols to form the names and symbols of…
