A design in which the forestay does not go to the very top of the mast, but instead to a point 3/4-7/8 of the way up the mast.

Descriptive treatment of fracture, especially in metals, with specific reference to photographs of the fracture surface. Macrofractography involves photographs at low magnification (< 25x); microfractography, photographs at high magnification (>25x)

A quantitative analysis for evaluating structural behavior in terms of applied stress, crack length, and specimen or machine component geometry. See also linear elastic fracture mechanics.

A generic term for measures of resistance to extension of a crack. The term is sometimes restricted to results of fracture mechanics tests, which are directly applicable in fracture control. However, the term commonly includes results from simple tests of ...

A timber or rib of a ship running from the keel to the side rail; the transverse strengthening members in a ship's hull that extend from the keel to the deck or gunwale. The frames form the shape of the hull and act as a skeleton on which the hull plankin ...

The outer casing of a window that sits in a designated opening of a structure and holds the window panes in place.

The distance between frames.

The structural materials and elements used to construct a wall.

A licence, granted by one company (franchisor) to another company or person (franchisee), entitling.

A type of hydropower turbine that contains a runner that has water passages through it formed by curved vanes or blades. As the water passes through the runner and over the curved surfaces, it causes rotation of the runner. The rotational motion is transm ...

Dividends, paid by UK companies to other companies (for example, investment trusts), with a tax.

To bind together in order to increase tension or to prevent from blowing loose.

Small, cake-shaped pieces of ice floating down rivers.

Fast Rescue Boat

Fast Rescue Craft

(1) Clear, not tangled. (2) sailing free: a vessel is sailing free when her sheets are eased. (3) running free: to sail with the wind from astern.

Free air delivery. Air at the atmospheric conditions of the site and unaffected by the compressor. Flow is measured at the discharge valve of the compressor, after the aftercooler, the water separator and built in check valve. Capacity and power consumpti ...

The seller must deliver the goods to a pier and place them within reach of the ship's loading equipment. See Terms of Sale.

(FAR) The amount by which a company's assets outweigh its liabilities, expressed as a percentage..

The amount by which a company's assets outweigh its liabilities, expressed as a absolute.