Hull

hull

1. the main body of a vessel, tank, flying boat, etc.

2. the shell or pod of peas or beans; the outer covering of any fruit or seed; husk

3. the persistent calyx at the base of a strawberry, raspberry, or similar fruit

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Hull

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Cordell. 1871--1955, US statesman; secretary of state (1933-- 44). He helped to found the U.N.: Nobel peace prize 1945

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Hull

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1. a city and port in NE England, in Kingston upon Hull unitary authority, East Riding of Yorkshire: fishing, food processing; two universities. Pop.: 301 416 (2001). Official name: Kingston upon Hull

2. a city in SE Canada, in SW Quebec on the River Ottawa: a centre of the timber trade and associated industries. Pop.: 66 246 (2001)

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hull

[həl]

(botany)

The outer, usually hard, covering of a fruit or seed.

(food engineering)

To remove husks from fruits and seeds, as from ears of corn, nuts, or peas.

To remove the shell of a crustacean or mollusk, as an oyster.

(mathematics)

span

(naval architecture)

The body or shell of a ship.

(ordnance)

The outer casing of a rocket, guided missile, or the like.

Massive armored body of a tank, exclusive of tracks, motor, turret, and armament.

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

hull

An obsolete term for the framework of a building.

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Hull

 

the principal part of a ship, consisting of the shell and the frame (framing).

The hull provides buoyancy and general and local strength to the ship and makes it possible to arrange a place for people, cargo, equipment, weaponry, and other things according to the functions of the ship. The outer shell of the hull (bottom and side plating and deck surface) makes it watertight; it may be multitiered. The inside shells, which divide the hull into compartments, are called second bottom, second or inside walls, lower decks, platforms, and bulkheads. The frame and plating are essential elements of any ship hull; the use of decks and bulk-heads depends on the function of the ship. A distinction is made between the main hull and above-deck structures arranged on the continuous top deck (ship superstructures, rooms, masts, and the like).

In modern shipbuilding steel, aluminum and titanium alloys, plastics, wood, and reinforced concrete are used for building the hulls of ships. What is called hull steel in the form of sheets, strips, rolled sections (bulb bar, T -section, angle and shaped) with maximum yield between 220 and 700 meganewtons per sq m (from 22 to 70 kilograms = force per sq mm) has become most common for building the hulls of ships of different sizes and designations. The individual steel parts of the hull are connected by welding and in some cases by riveting. Aluminum alloys, wood, and plastics are used basically for building the hulls of small ships and for above-deck structures. Titanium alloys are used primarily for building the strong hulls of submarines, and reinforced concrete is used for the hulls of barges, docks, and landing stages.

REFERENCE

Barabanov, N. V. Konstruktsiia korpusa morskikh sudov. Leningrad, 1969.

A. I. MAKSIMADZHI

The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition (1970-1979). © 2010 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.