I believe everyone has at some point travelled with a ferry, a yacht or a cruise ship and there was a moment that had to walk on the promenade, enjoy the sunshine, the scenery or simply get some fresh air. Open deck is an essential part of ships, which necessitates protection from falling over, therefore…
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The construction of ships
Hazardous zones vs hazardous areas, is it theory vs practical experience?
Some years back my boss, former chief engineer and surveyor, an engineer colleague and myself, were travelling to a meeting. My boss asked our colleague to fix a screen and the latter went through the manual to see the way to mount it, till we’ve reached our destination and our boss took the screen and…
How can we limit environmental impact from composites? Part B
Having described the structure of the composites in my previous post, we can effectively investigate the environmental impact of the production of the laminates, which are manufactured with various methods. The hand lay-up is still quite popular, although the vacuum bagging and infusion are gaining momentum, due to the superior finished product. In all cases…
How can we limit environmental impact from composites? Part A
Composites are quite distinct in their manufacturing process, since from the primary materials we get the final product in one step. It is a sharp contrast to the steel or aluminium construction, where we have the original plate that needs cutting, forming and welding in order to get the block assembly, before the block. There…
How can we limit environmental impact during construction? Part B
Continuing the previous post on the environmental impact of constructing aluminium and steel, in the following paragraphs we will be reviewing their forming and welding methods. We are at the stage that the plates and rolled profiles, bulb bars, angle bars etc, need to be curved. Some have 2d curved shapes, like the frames in…
How can we limit the environmental impact during construction?
It is the time to construct our yacht. Materials are delivered at the yard and engineers and fabricators make the best of the available resources, to maximise the use of the materials and minimise the environmental impact. The working practices of steel and aluminium are similar and even the tools in many occasions are the…