Steel ships, their construction and maintenance : a manual for shipbuilders, ship superintendents, students, and marine engineers (1901)
Walton, Thomas · London : Charles Griffin & Co. ; Philadelphia : Lippincott · leaf 90
of a bridge, increasing the depth of the ship girder, addsgreatly to the longitudinal strength of the ship over that part covered bythe bridge, to resist damage (i.e. permanent deformation). But howevervaluable bridges may be, the sudden termination of these erections producesa weak section in the… … Fig. 32.—Showing tendency to buckle at ends of bridge. Fig. 32 is similar to fig. 31, excepting that the vessel is now waveborneat the ends with the same tendency to deformation, due to the same causeas indicated in the previous example, fig. 31. Similarly in vessels with raised quarter decks…
Naval architecture · Ships, Iron and steel
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