What Is an Aircraft Carrier
Aircraft carriers are huge and are used to deploy and recover aircraft easily. In other words, they are floating airbases that can transport a number of aircraft from one part…
Hull Strength Of Ships
The history of maritime world is full of various accidents, many of them being due to structural failure. It is therefore important for naval architects to keep in mind the…
What Are Chemical Tankers?
The industrial use of chemicals grew massively especially as the wings of globalization and trade spread over the past several decades. Since sea is one of the only methods of…
A Tour of a Ship’s Bridge
A ship has to navigate round the clock through different waters, at times with restriction, with changing weather and sea conditions. Communication has to be maintained during routine voyages, in restricted waters,…
Cruise Ship Fuel Efficiency
This article explains the fuel efficiency of both large and small cruise ships, then divides that by the number of passengers for a true figure. When one pictures a cruise…
Common Boat Building Resins
The article describes the most common resin types for boat building. It also describes the most common applying procedures, hazards and safety precautions during use. Resins play a multi-purpose role…
Medieval Longship Designs
The Vikings originated from the Scandinavian countries of Norway, Denmark, and Sweden. From there they sailed in wooden Viking longships, raiding coastal towns throughout Western Europe and the British Isles.…
What is Surface Tension in Liquids?
Surface tension as a name may refer to a cohesive force that inherently keeps the atoms and molecules of liquids bound together. The article helps to understand what surface tension…
Vehicles that Sail on Water and Land
Wouldn't you love to drive a boat that can run at a speed equal to that of the fastest car on the earth? Engineers have been looking for ways to…
Hydraulic Machines
Hydraulic machine are those machines which convert hydraulic energy (energy possessed by water) into mechanical energy (which is further converted into electrical energy) or mechanical energy into hydraulic energy. The…
