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Extended Operational and Trade Vocabulary

Naval Architecture Software and IACS Rules glossary (page 3)

The design-software and class-rule vocabulary: the ABS class notations (A1, AMS), the Eagle SafeHull and FPSO software suites, the Common Structural Rules, and the FEA and rule-check tools used in ship design. Grounds each term in the classification rule or the naval-architecture software it belongs to.

507 defined terms.

Showing 7 on this page (page 3 of 3).

X

Xtract
DNV Sesam postprocessor for FEM result visualization in ship structural analysis.

Y

Yaw
Rotational motion about the vertical axis.
Yield Criterion
Von Mises or Tresca criterion used for plastic strength checks in Abaqus and Ansys.
Yoke Mooring
Rigid arm between FSO/FPSO and fixed tower mooring.

Z

Z-Surveys
IACS UR Z series Unified Requirements covering periodical hull and machinery surveys.
Zero Speed RAO
Response Amplitude Operator computed at zero forward speed for moored vessel analyses.
Zonal Mesh
Mesh strategy partitioning the CFD domain into structured and unstructured zones.