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2. Bulkhead (partition) - Wikipedia

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   A bulkhead is an upright wall within the hull of a ship, within the fuselage of an airplane, or a car. Other kinds of partition elements within a ship are decks and deckheads . Etymology

3. Bulkhead - Wikipedia

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   Bulkhead door, an angled door covering the exterior stairwell of a basement; Bulkhead flatcar, a type of rolling stock designed with sturdy end-walls to prevent loads from shifting past the ends of the car; Rear pressure bulkhead, an airtight structural feature of an aircraft

4. Bulkhead (barrier) - Wikipedia

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   A bulkhead is a retaining wall, such as a bulkhead within a ship or a watershed retaining wall. It may also be used in mines to contain flooding. Coastal bulkheads are most often referred to as seawalls , bulkheading, or riprap revetments .

5. Aft pressure bulkhead - Wikipedia

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   The aft pressure bulkhead is the white circular component; its web-like structure led a NASA technician to attach a large model spider to it for comedic effect. The aft pressure bulkhead or rear pressure bulkhead is the rear component of the pressure seal in all aircraft that cruise in a tropopause zone in the Earth's atmosphere. [1]

6. Compartment (ship) - Wikipedia

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   A ship able to remain afloat with any two compartments flooded is called a three-compartment ship, and will withstand damage to one transverse bulkhead. [ 11 ] After the Titanic sinking , safety standards recommended spacing transverse bulkheads so no single point of damage would either submerge the end of the upper bulkhead deck or reduce ...

7. Bulkhead line - Wikipedia

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   Bulkhead line is an officially set line along a shoreline, usually beyond the dry land, to demark a territory allowable to be treated as dry land, to separate the jurisdictions of dry land and water authorities, for construction and riparian activities, to establish limits to the allowable obstructions to navigation and other waterfront uses.