Bracket Types

"Bracket" is in shipbuilding the common denomination of plate parts used as connection pieces between structural members of the steel structure, for example, in connection plate-plate, plate-profile or profile-profile. They are normally rather small, often "triangular" (with two arms connected by a free side) but may also be comparatively large, have three arms, be stiffened, The picture below shows some typical bracket connections.

Figure 1:1. Examples of bracket connections.

There is no sharp distinction between a bracket plate and an "ordinary" plate part - they may look very much the same. It is more a matter of definition that is up to the individual yard to make. The reason to identify a plate part as a bracket may be that they are handled differently from other plate parts in production, for example, have special production lines, be named for production differently from other plate parts,