pressure hull

collocation in English

meaningsofpressureandhull

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pressure
noun
uk
/ˈpreʃ.ər/us
/ˈpreʃ.ɚ/
the force you produce when you ...
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hull
noun[C]
uk
/hʌl/us
/hʌl/
the body or frame of a ship, most of which goes under ...
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(Definition ofpressureandhullfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Holes have been cut in thepressurehullunderneath the engine room and after compartment, and further holes may be found necessary under other compartments.
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These holes are to allow the water to escape from thepressurehullwhen air pressure is turned on.
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Inside the outer hull there is a strong hull, orpressurehull, which withstands sea pressure and has normal atmospheric pressure inside.
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The gears and equipment are located on a common base isolated from thepressurehull, and the power compartments are also isolated.
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Compared to the previous type 81, the 87s were shorter, while thepressurehullwas shortened.
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Building apressurehullis difficult, as it must withstand pressures at its required diving depth.
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It was then possible to isolate the noisy diesel engines from thepressurehull, making the submarine quieter.
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Eighteen feet of bow was blown off and herpressurehullwas also damaged, but fortunately the torpedoes in the torpedo tubes did not detonate.
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He was uncertain whether this involved a genuine sinking, writing of the greater difficulty of damaging thepressurehullof a modern submarine.
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Two pilots and one researcher operate within a 73.5 mm thick titaniumpressurehullwith an internal diameter of 2.0 m.
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These measures help minimise the size of thepressurehull, which is much heavier than the light hull.
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In case of a single-hull submarine, the light hull and thepressurehullare the same except for the bow and stern.
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The cargo capacity was 700 tons (much of it outside thepressurehull), relatively small compared to surface ships.
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The superstructure was also raised by 2m so that a shell hitting it would not penetrate thepressurehull.
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Thirty-five percent of the space inside thepressurehullwas occupied by machinery.
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She was 64.5m ftin in overall length and had a 44.5m ftinpressurehull.
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The double hull approach also saves space inside thepressurehull, as the ring stiffeners and longitudinals can be located between the hulls.
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The outer hull merged with thepressurehullat both ends in the area of the torpedo room bulkheads, thus the partial double hull.
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Compared to the previous type 63, the 81s were longer, while thepressurehullremained the same.
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The technology was mostly related to construction of thepressurehulland out-fitting of the submarine.
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