A row of shelves crossed the bulkhead and some water lay in the angle where the slanted floor met the side sheathing.
As the profile shows, the vessel is divided by transverse bulkheads into seven watertight compartments, and there are double bottoms.
He sat upright on the locker in front of the stove, with his head leaning back against the bulkhead.
The hull is divided into six water-tight compartments by steel bulkheads.
There were no decks or bulkheads, nothing but an intricate network of ladders connecting the various operating positions of the spaceship.
To the right opened the master's stateroom, and a door in the forward bulkhead led to the galley.
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Solitary waves were generated by a verticalbulkheadthat spanned the northern end of the basin and was actuated by a servo-controlled hydraulic system.
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In our car configuration, there are four stiffening bulkheads whose shape defines the main cross sections of the chassis.
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The system shall consist of a minimum of four primary bulkheads.
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The horizontal displacement of thebulkheadresponded linearly to the input voltage, which was the analogue of the horizontal displacement of the corresponding fluid particle.
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Exhaust air from open-plan offices passes through abulkheadduct located in the perimeter cellular offices, and out via automatically controlled top hung ventilators into the perimeter shaft.
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The operation was difficult, as thebulkheadhad buckled, but by their united efforts the door was eventually closed, leaving only a slight leak.
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Two airmen, two women and two children seated near the forwardbulkheadwere, however, trapped by the collapse of the centre section of the fuselage.
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The forwardbulkheadof the forward boiler room was wrecked.
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There is reference to fire control by means of fire-proof bulkheads.
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Some of the things fixed on thebulkheadhave a life of a hundred years.
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Indeed, if the higher bulkheads were reduced to a total of six, there would be a general improvement in the ship's safety.
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They are as defenceless as a ship which has no bulkheads.
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Everybulkheadis in the form of a safety device.
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Abulkheadby its nature is a vertical structure and a deck is a horizontal one.
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Were the bulkheads which are designed to prevent the spread of fire not closed?
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