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downflooding angle

downflooding angle noun: the minimum bank angle which will submerge at least one non-watertight opening on a boat, ship, or other vessel, allowing for downflooding into the interior of the vessel.

Noun

downflooding angle (plural downflooding angles)

  1. The minimum bank angle which will submerge at least one non-watertight opening on a boat, ship, or other vessel, allowing for downflooding into the interior of the vessel.
    • Figure 60 shows the downflooding angles for the downflooding points described above, plus the angle at which the edge of the freeboard deck would have been immersed (about 15°). The downflooding angles are superimposed on two righting arm curves. The upper curve is the righting arm for El Faro in...2017 December 12, National Transportation Safety Board, “1.12.10 Postaccident Analysis of Stability, Structures, and Sinking”, in Marine Accident Report: Sinking of US Cargo Vessel SS El Faro...

Forms of downflooding angle

pluraldownflooding angles

Questions about downflooding angle

What does downflooding angle mean?
Downflooding angle means the minimum bank angle which will submerge at least one non-watertight opening on a boat, ship, or other vessel, allowing for downflooding into the interior of the vessel.
What part of speech is downflooding angle?
Downflooding angle is a noun.
What is the plural of downflooding angle?
The plural of downflooding angle is downflooding angles.

Words near downflooding angle in the dictionary

  1. downflexing
  2. downflexings
  3. downflood
  4. downflooded
  5. downflooding
  6. downflooding angle
  7. downflooding angles
  8. downflooding point
  9. downflooding points
  10. downfloods
  11. downflow

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