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Which term is given to the joint formed when two steel shell plates are placed longitudinally side to side?

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Which term is given to the joint formed when two steel shell plates are placed longitudinally side to side?

🔍 Key Concepts

• Shell plating terminology used in ship construction • Difference between a plate and a joint between plates • How plates are arranged longitudinally vs. vertically on a hull

💭 Think About

• Ask yourself: which option names the actual joint where two plates meet, rather than the plate itself or an edge preparation? • Consider how shell plates are laid out along the length of the ship—what is the joint between two plates running in that same direction called? • Which of these terms is commonly used in welding or plate layout to describe the connection line between two adjacent plates?

✅ Before You Answer

• Identify which term specifically refers to a joint or line of connection, not a whole plate or a surface treatment. • Eliminate any option that describes the individual plate instead of the space/joint between two plates placed side by side. • Think about standard shipbuilding vocabulary: what do we call the line where two longitudinal plates meet?

Question 1 of 27070

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Which term is given to the joint formed when two steel shell plates are placed longitudinally side to side?

A

Strake

B

Bevel

C

Seam

D

Bond

Question 1 / 2707066636eec28f7522a1c51c5af

Question 1 of 2707066636eec28f7522a1c51c5af

Which term is given to the joint formed when two steel shell plates are placed longitudinally side to side?

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Question 1 of 27070

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Which term is given to the joint formed when two steel shell plates are placed longitudinally side to side?

🔍 Key Concepts

• Shell plating terminology used in ship construction • Difference between a plate and a joint between plates • How plates are arranged longitudinally vs. vertically on a hull

💭 Think About

• Ask yourself: which option names the actual joint where two plates meet, rather than the plate itself or an edge preparation? • Consider how shell plates are laid out along the length of the ship—what is the joint between two plates running in that same direction called? • Which of these terms is commonly used in welding or plate layout to describe the connection line between two adjacent plates?

✅ Before You Answer

• Identify which term specifically refers to a joint or line of connection, not a whole plate or a surface treatment. • Eliminate any option that describes the individual plate instead of the space/joint between two plates placed side by side. • Think about standard shipbuilding vocabulary: what do we call the line where two longitudinal plates meet?