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shell plating

[′shel ‚plād·iŋ]
(naval architecture)
The plating forming the outer skin of a vessel; in addition to providing a watertight boundary, it contributes largely to the strength of the vessel.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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The buffeting and battering of heavy seas and the wave and swell action produce forces of tension, compression, torsion, and bending on the shell plating and transverse structural framing; these eventually lead to metal fatigue and embrittlement.
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