Abstract
Significance of shipbuilding in relation to steelmaking.
The manufacturing process: Acid process. Basic process. Refining in the openhearth furnace. Teeming and the ingot stage. Treatment of the ingot.
Plate rolling: Two-high mill—roughing and finishing. Three-high plate mill. Four-high reversing plate mill. Continuous mills. Rolling-mill drives. Features of the rolling operation. Finishing operations. Mechanical testing.
Properties of ship plate: Chemical. Physical and metallurgical. Directional.
The growth of welding in shipbuilding—Brittle fracture—The development of improved steels.
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