Finite Element Method

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To prevent contact with an object while bringing the ship alongside.2. To push off when making a landing.

Canvas, wood or rope used over the side to protect a vessel from chafing when alongside another vessel or a dock.

The arrangement, proportion, and design of windows in a building.

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The decomposition of organic material to alcohol, methane, etc., by organisms, such as yeast or bacteria, usually in the absence of oxygen.

(1) A solid solution of one or more elements in body-centered cubic iron. Unless otherwise designated (for instance, as chromium ferrite), the solute is generally assumed to be carbon. On some equilibrium diagrams, there are two ferrite regions separated ...

Pertaining to the body-centered cubic crystal structure (BCC) of many ferrous (iron-base) metals.

An analytical method of assessing machine health by quantifying and examining ferrous wear particles suspended in the lubricant or hydraulic fluid.

A vessel designed for the transport of people or goods from one place to another on a regular schedule.

(1) The distance that the wind and sea has to travel over open water unimpeded by land; the longer the fetch, generally the higher the waves. (2) Also to reach someplace, especially in adverse conditions. When sailing close-hauled, being able to arrive at ...

Abbreviation for "Forty-Foot Equivalent Units." Refers to container size standard of forty feet. Two twenty-foot containers or TEU's equal one FEU.

Forty-Foot Equivalent Unit (Container)

Forty Foot Equivalent Units (Containers).

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(FDDI)Trading floor network connecting all trading floor terminals for the.

A type of insulation, composed of small diameter pink, yellow, or white glass fibers, formed into blankets or batts, or used in loose-fill and blown-in applications.

An Italian mathematician, born Leonardo Pisano, who lived from 1170-1250. Most famous for the.