Bulkhead
Encyclopedia
Bulkhead may refer to:
- A structural safety device:
- Bulkhead, a compartment of a building for preventing spread of fires, see Compartmentalization (fire protection)Compartmentalization (fire protection)Compartmentalization in structures, such as land-based buildings, traffic tunnels, ships, aerospace vehicles, or submarines, is the fundamental basis and aim of passive fire protection....
- Bulkhead (barrier)Bulkhead (barrier)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.Certain bulkheads, e.g., at the Hudson River are of historical and architectural value....
, a retaining wall used as a form of coastal management, akin to a seawall, or as a structural device such as a bulkhead partition - Bulkhead (partition)Bulkhead (partition)A bulkhead is an upright wall within the hull of a ship or within the fuselage of an airplane. Other kinds of partition elements within a ship are decks and deckheads.-Etymology:...
, a wall within the hull of a ship, vehicle, or container - 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 bulkheadRear pressure bulkheadThe aft pressure bulkhead is a component of all large commercial aircraft. It is an airtight bulkhead located between the cabin and the tail of the aircraft. Its purpose is to seal the rear of the plane and thus maintain cabin pressure, and as such it is a vital part of the aircraft.Japan...
, an airtight structural feature of an aircraft
- Bulkhead, a compartment of a building for preventing spread of fires, see Compartmentalization (fire protection)
- Other uses:
- Bulkhead, known in certain fields, such as electronics engineering, as "through-feed" connection and patch panelPatch panelA patch panel or patch bay is a panel, typically rackmounted, that houses cable connections. One typically shorter patch cable will plug into the front side, whereas the back holds the connection of a much longer and more permanent cable...
s. - Bulkhead (Transformers)Bulkhead (Transformers)Bulkhead is the name of several fictional characters in the various Transformers universes. All incarnations of Bulkhead are Autobots and are green in color. He was introduced in Transformers: Energon as a Mega Vehicle and later redebuted in Transformers: Animated as a completely new character...
, the name given to several fictional characters in the Transformers universes - Bulkhead lineBulkhead lineBulkhead line is an officially set line along a shoreline, usually outside of 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...
, a method of coastal demarcation used within a legal system
- Bulkhead, known in certain fields, such as electronics engineering, as "through-feed" connection and patch panel