Aluminium and its Alloys -- Heat treatment -- Extruded panels -- Design for Construction -- Tools and Their Application -- Cutting -- Forming -- Shaping -- Hand power tools -- Metal remover -- Rivet guns -- Grinding -- Welding -- Selecting the process -- The TIG process -- TIG equipment -- Fault finding of contaminated welds -- TIG -- The MIG process -- Preparation for welding -- Edge preparation -- Cleanlines -- Welding machines -- Fully automated welding.
Multi-pass welds -- Plasma-arc -- Run on-run off plates -- Backing bars -- Control of distortion -- Jigging -- Weld faults -- Common defects and their causes -- Inspection and testing -- Safety precautions -- Fastenings -- Rivets -- Bolts and other fastenings -- Screws -- Adhesives -- Lines and Laying off -- Jigs -- Fabrication and Setting Up -- Hull Plating -- Pressbrake -- Hydraulic rubber press -- Stretch forming -- Decking -- Superstructures.
Ancillary Structures -- Masts and spars -- Tanks -- Ladders -- Watertight doors -- Window frames -- Deck fittings -- Painting -- Protective coatings -- Decorative painting -- Painting procedure -- Corrosion -- The galvanic cell -- The sacrificial anode -- Sterngear -- Fitting out -- Rigid or semi-rigid panels -- Spraying in situ -- Launching -- Dry dock -- Sideways launching -- Slippery ways -- Cradle -- Slings -- Gunwale lifting plates -- Hull Repairs.
Unit Construction -- Designing Structures in Aluminium Alloys / Tony Marchant -- Design philosophy -- Design loads and factors of safety -- Structural configuration -- Structural analysis -- Fatigue -- Racing Powerboats / John Walker -- Fast Passenger Ferries -- Friction Stir Welding -- Adhesives.
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