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downflooding angles

downflooding angles is the plural of downflooding angle.

Meaning of downflooding angle

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...

Questions about downflooding angles

What is downflooding angles the plural of?
Downflooding angles is the plural of downflooding angle.

Words near downflooding angles in the dictionary

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

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