Ship structure and its areas
The keel of a ship is a central longitudinal structural element that is located at the bottom of the ship and extends from the bow to the stern. The keel is laid as the first part of the structure and then the looms, frames and edges are added to it to construct the basic part of the hull. Frames represent the transverse or rarely the longitudinal part of the ship’s frame to which steel (or wooden) slab panels are attached. Modern ships have almost exclusively only transverse ribs or transverse ribs with a few longitudinal reinforcement ribs, while longitudinal ribs …