本书是一本介绍船舶结构与制图的英文教材，主要针对高等院校船舶与海洋工程专业本科生相关课程。本书共10章，内容包括船舶的基础知识、船体系统与总布置图、节点图识读与绘制、船舶的载荷与强度、船体结构，以及五种主要图形，即总布置图、中横剖面图、基本结构图、节点图及型线图的讲解和典型图纸的绘制，辅以软件及手工制作舱段模型实践指导书，促进对2D和3D表达的理解。另外简要介绍了船舶数字建模的技术方法与软件。本书也可作为海洋工程专业建筑师、工程师及船舶建造人员的参考资料。

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Basic knowledge of ship
2.1 Fundamental terminology
2.1.1 Ship dimensions
2.1.2 Ship types
2.2 Ship drawing features
2.3 Category drawings
2.4 Ship drawing regulations
2.4.1 Sheets and scale
2.4.2 Title block and item list
2.4.3 Line types
2.4.4 Dimensioning
2.4.5 Assembled molded line of steel hull and members
2.4.6 Welding symbols
Chapter 3 Ship system and general arrangement plan
3.1 Fundamental terminology
3.1.1 The coordinates and three mutual perpendicular plans
3.1.2 Composition of the ship
3.2 Ship systems
3.3 General arrangement plan
3.3.1 Introduction
3.3.2 Composition of general arrangement plan
3.3.3 Features of general arrangement plan
3.3.4 Lines and applications
3.3.5 Read the general arrangement plan
Chapter 4 Read and draw construction node plan
4.1 Ship components
4.2 Expression of plates and section bars
4.3 Expression of intersection
4.4 Expression of ship construction plans
4.4.1 Orthographical projections
4.4.2 Cross-section drawing
4.4.3 Overlapping drawing method
4.4.4 Simplified drawing
4.5 Read and draw node plan
4.5.1 Read node plan with an example
4.5.2 Examples
4.5.3 2D drawing with AuoCAD
4.5.4 Drawing practice
Chapter 5 Ship loads and strength
5.1 Hull strength and stress
5.1.1 The stress of the hull
5.1.2 Ship safety and classification
5.1.3 The longitudinal bending
5.1.4 Ship strength
5.2 Framing
5.2.1 Funetion
5.2.2 Framing system
5.3 Typical ship structure
5.3.1 Ship structure arrangement philosophy
Chapter 6 Ship structure
6.1 Composition
6.2 Shell plating
6.3 Deck plating
6.4 Bottom structure
6.4.1 Transversely framed single bottom
6.4.2 Longitudinally framed single bottom
6.4.3 Transversely framed double bottom
6.4.4 Longitudinally framed double bottom
6.4.5 Example of bottom structures
6.5 Side structure
6.5.1 Transversely framed side structure
6.5.2 Longitudinally framed side
6.6 Deck structure
6.7 Bulkhead
6.8 Fore and aft structure
6.9 Superstructure
6.10 Others
Chapter 7 Midship section plan
7.1 Types of ship drawings
7.2 The midship section plan
7.2.1 Components
7.2.2 Contents of the midship section plan
7.2.3 Midship section plan reading
7.3 Drawing midship section plan
7.4 An example of a bulker
Chapter 8 General structure plan
8.1 Definition
8.2 Composition of the general structure plan
8.3 Contents explanation
8.3.1 Longitudinal section in center plane
8.3.2 Deck and platform plan
8.3.3 Bottom plan
8.3.4 Main dimension block
8.3.5 Dimensioning
8.4 General structure plan reading
8.5 Difference between the GA and GS plan
8.6 An example of a bulker
Chapter 9 Lines plan
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Expression method
9.2.1 Hull surface
9.2.2 Deck expression
9.3 Definitions
9.3.1 Three basic projections
9.3.2 Three sets of cross-sections and plans
9.3.3 Several important contours
9.3.4 Main dimension
9.3.5 Offsets, offsets table and lines
9.4 Drawing
9.4.1 Scale and sheet
9.4.2 Make graticule
9.4.3 Draw lines
9.4.4 Dimensioning
Chapter 10 Digital ship modelling
10.1 Recent development for shipbuilding industry
10.2 Software kaleidoscope
10.3 Example for updated shipbuilding with drawings
Appendix I General arrangement plan
Appendix Ⅱ Midship section plan
Appendix Ⅲ Guidance of ship model building
1. Background
2. Building model brief introduction
3. Process
4. Schedule
5. Requirements and grading system
Appendix IV Guidance for 3D modelling ship blocks with CAD software
Appendix V General structure plan
Appendix VI Lines plan
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