Principle dimensions of ship
Principle Parts/parameters of ship
Freeboard: The vertical distance measured between the water line and the
freeboard deck at the ship’s side.
The freeboard deck is normally the uppermost complete deck exposed to
weather and sea which has permanent means of closing all openings, and
below which all openings in the ship’s side have watertight closings.
Camber (or Round of Beam): Camber is a measure of lateral
main deck curvature in ships. The curve is applied to a deck transversely,
measured as the height of deck at centreline above the height of deck at side.
or
It can be defined as the transverse curvature provided to upper deck in
order to facilitate quick drainage of green water from it when shipped.
Sheer: A rise in the height of the deck (curvature or in a straight line) in the
longitudinal direction. Measured as the height of deck at side at any point
above the height of deck at side amidships.
Purpose
a) To increase the reserve buoyancy at the ends of the vessel.
b) To counter the immersion of the ends that may occur during pitching and is important
particularly for smaller vessels
c) To increase the "Seaworthiness of the ship, that is amount of water coming in on deck
would be reduced
d) since fore end is more susceptible to immersion than the aft end, "standard sheer is a
parabolic curve with sheer twice that of sheer aft. Modern ships have straight line sheer,
often in the fore body only, in some cases only over the forward one third ship's length.
Flare: The outward curvature of the side shell above the waterline. It
promotes dryness and is therefore associated with the fore end of ship.
Tumblehome: The inward curvature of the side shell above the summer
load line.
Half Siding of Keel: The horizontal flat portion of the bottom shell
measured to port or starboard of the ship’s longitudinal center line. This is a
useful dimension to know when dry-docking.
Stem Rake: Inclination of the stem line from the vertical.
Keel Rake: Inclination of the keel line from the horizontal. Trawlers
and tugs often have keels raked aft to give greater depth aft where the
propeller diameter is proportionately larger in this type of vessel.
Rise of Floor (or Deadrise): The amount by which the line of the bottom
shell plating amidships rises above the base line.
Therefore, it is the difference in height between the baseline and the point
were the straight line through the bottom flat surface intersects the vertical
line through the side of the moulded surface at its widest point.