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.
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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.