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Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
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CowperKettle
CowperKettle
@DamkerngT. It just calls part of the structure "jacket". But how does it look like "jacket"?
Jacketed vessel
In chemical engineering, a jacketed vessel is a container that is designed for controlling the temperature of its contents, by using a cooling or heating "jacket" around the vessel through which a cooling or heating fluid is circulated. A jacket is a cavity external to the vessel that permits the uniform exchange of heat between the fluid circulating in it and the walls of the vessel. There are several types of jackets, depending on the design: Conventional Jackets. A second shell is installed over a portion of the vessel, creating an annular space within which cooling or heating medium flows....
I know this meaning of 'jacket' in industrial language.
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
I suppose that the so-called jacket structure means the entire structure that supports the turbine above the water.
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
Jacket is usually some structure ensheathing another structure
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
I suppose that it could be think of "jacket" because it's an outer part.
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
outer relative to what?
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
17:04
@CowperKettle The entire structure (that is under the water), I think.
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
But there is no structure inside this jacket, the frame just supports the above-water part
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
I'd consider this "jacket" as a specialized term. It's just how they use the word.
@CowperKettle nods -- The entire structure is some sort of frame structure. Jacket is just the outer part of the body. (Also note another term: sleeve.)
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
The pile sleeves are not part of the jacket proper
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
@CowperKettle Exactly. I think they are imaginative to call these parts of the structure.
(Some nautical or architectural terms aren't quite straightforward in Thai, either. :-)
(E.g., a building can have "eyebrows" :)
@DamkerngT. This question has no title, I even tried to edit it but yet there is no title. Its also very long!! I wonder how the community allows for such questions! — Ahmad 40 mins ago
CowperKettle
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Q: Why is this structure described using the word "jacket"?

CowperKettleFrom an answer on Engineering SE: It's very likely they are jacket foundations for offshore wind turbines. The excellent 4C Offshore has a database of such vessels used on offshore wind farms. It also has a list of all offshore windfarms under construction by country, and tells you which vess...

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Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
17:10
Aww... what to do? What to do?! (cc @snailplane) (about Ahmad's comment to me)
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
Wild guess. Seems thematic. "There are many variants of the three or four-legged jacket/lattice structure typically consisting of corner piles interconnected with bracings with diameters up to 2m. The soil piles are driven inside the pile sleeves to the required depth to gain adequate stability for the structure. The tubular joints are welded." The lattice structure is connected to the sleeves, forming a "jacket". — Max 1 min ago
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
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@CowperKettle Right now, the most sensible explanation I can come up with is they use a jacket as the metaphor to call these parts.
(I wonder if they call those four main pillars "arms" sometimes, besides jackets.)
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A: Use of 'pussy' as term of endearment

WS2It is not unheard of in modern Britain. though it comes across as exceedingly gauche and awkward. In the daily BBC radio soap opera The Archers, the character Matt Crawford regularly called his partner Lilian, Pussycat. It played its part in marking Crawford (who ended up in prison and then fle...

A new word: spiv
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
Ugh!
(BTW, I just heard "bad" used in the meaning of "very good"!)
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
17:34
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Q: What does 'it' refer to?

learnerThe following sentence is from the article Advertisement: The Pros and Cons: Money spent on advertising is money well spent. It assists a rapid distribution of goods at reasonable price. What I am confused about is what does "it" refer to? Money spent on advertising Advertising My opi...

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I think we're complicating the matters.
The passage at the tutor website is not the same as the original anymore.
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
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A: Why is this structure described using the word "jacket"?

David SchwartzFor the same reason the outer casing of a bullet is called a "jacket". With this type of foundation, the platform is supported by an outer casing stabilized with a lattice rather than a post.

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Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
18:32
I suppose the only safe thing to say is it's called "jacket". :P
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Q: Should we not use "verbs" instead of "verb"?

kiamlalunoOur tags are normally using the plural, especially when they are about a grammatical category. articles adverbs adjectives modal-verbs Since the last is not modal-verb, should not we also use verbs instead of the actual verb?

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21:12
@StackExchange This was one of the posts I wanted to make! :-)
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
21:31
@snailplane I know you'll like that post! :-)
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Q: ELL policy re. salutations and thank-you's in questions

P. E. DantWhen I come across things like "Hello everyone!" or "My English no good sorry!" or "Thank you for all you help!!!" I routinely edit them out. More than once, though, these edits have been rolled back not by the quærent, but by others with sufficient privileges. In one recent instance, the "thank ...

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Lawrence
Lawrence
23:19
@DamkerngT. I've quoted the relevant portion in my answer. That version matches.
Someone (@Færd?) was talking about a 2-year-old discussion. Maybe it was with LawrenceC (he contributed the first answer to the "it=money or it=advertising" question). His username is very similar to mine.
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