Horizontal bulkhead - House bulkhead

Japanese: 横置隔壁 - おうちかくへき
Horizontal bulkhead - House bulkhead


[Layout of watertight compartments]
A watertight partition inside a ship is called a watertight bulkhead, and the deck adjacent to the top of the bulkhead is called a bulkhead deck. As shown in the figure, watertight bulkheads are usually called transverse bulkheads and are installed to create several watertight compartments along the length of the ship, but in tankers, tanks are further arranged in two or three rows by longitudinal bulkheads. In addition, in ore carriers and container ships, ballast tanks are installed along both sides of the ship, which are also watertight longitudinal bulkheads. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "transverse bulkhead" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:


[水密区画の配置]
 船内の水密の仕切壁を水密隔壁watertight bulkheadといい,その頂部に接する甲板を隔壁甲板という。図に示したように,水密隔壁は,ふつう横置隔壁と呼ばれて船の長さ方向にいくつかの水密区画をつくるように設けられるが,タンカーではさらに縦通隔壁によってタンクを2列,あるいは3列にすることが行われる。また,鉱石専用船やコンテナー船では,両玄側に沿ってバラストタンクを設けるが,これも水密の縦通隔壁である。…

※「横置隔壁」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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