🔍 Key Concepts

• Longitudinal framing system vs transverse framing system in ship construction • Meaning of continuous and closely spaced strength members along the length of the vessel • How frames are arranged when the main strength is carried fore-and-aft instead of athwartship

💭 Think About

• Ask yourself: Are these strength members running mainly fore-and-aft (along the ship’s length) or athwartship (across the ship’s beam)? • Which framing term describes a system where the primary stiffeners run in the same direction as the ship’s greatest bending stresses (hogging and sagging)? • Which of the listed options describes how the frames are oriented, rather than how often they occur or whether they are large webs?

✅ Before You Answer

• Identify which option clearly refers to frames oriented fore-and-aft rather than athwartship. • Eliminate any choice that mainly describes spacing frequency (how often) instead of direction (which way they run). • Verify which term is commonly used in naval architecture to describe a framing system where longitudinal members are the primary, closely spaced strength elements.