Format:
Online-Ressource (491 p)
Edition:
5th ed
ISBN:
9780080982373
Content:
The leading single volume introduction to naval architecture by one of the subject's best-known authors Provides a perfect introduction to the topic for newcomers to the field and a compact overview for related marine professionals needing a working knowledge of the area Updated to cover key developments including the latest assessments of damaged stability and the increased use of computational methods and modelling in ship design Combines broad scope with authoritative detail, all in the accessible and approachable style associated with experienced naval architecture author Eric T
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Description based upon print version of record
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Front Cover; Introduction to Naval Architecture; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface to the Fifth Edition; General; Arrangement of the Book; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; General; Naval Architecture and the Naval Architect; The Ship; Fit for Purpose; Variety; Safety; The Impact of Technology and Computers; In Design; In Production; In Operation; Summary; 2 Definition and Regulation; Introduction; Definition; Defining the Hull Form; The Geometry of the Hull; Representing the Hull Form; Hull Characteristics; Displacement and Tonnage; Displacement; Deadweight; Tonnage; FREEBOARD AND LOAD LINES
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Safety of Life at SeaInternational and National Regulatory Bodies; General; International Law; The International Maritime Organisation; General; Structure of IMO; The Maritime Safety Committee; The Marine Environment Protection Committee; Conventions; Enforcing Regulations; Flag States; Port State Control (PSC); The Maritime Coastguard Agency, UK; Classification Societies; The International Association of Classification Societies; Unified Requirements; Common Rules; Unified Interpretations; Standards; Precision; Impact of Rules and Regulations on Design; Summary; 3 Ship Form Calculations
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IntroductionApproximate Integration; Trapezoidal Rule; Simpson's First Rule; Application to Waterplane Calculations; Other Simpson's Rules; Tchebycheff's Rules; Gauss Rules; Relative Accuracy of Rules; Polar Coordinates; Spreadsheets; Summary; 4 Flotation; Introduction; Equilibrium; Equilibrium of a Body Floating in Still Water; Underwater Volume; Reserve of Buoyancy; The Metacentre; The Transverse Metacentre for Simple Geometric Forms; Vessel of Rectangular Cross Section; Vessel of Constant Triangular Section; Vessel of Circular Cross Section; Metacentric Diagrams; Trim
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Moment to Change TrimHydrostatic Curves; Tonnes per Unit Immersion; Problems in Trim; Determination of Displacement from Observed Draughts; Longitudinal Position of the Centre of Gravity; Direct Determination of Displacement and Position of G; Transverse Weight Movements; Summary; 5 Stability; Introduction; The Approach; Stability at Small Angles; Transverse Stability and the Transverse Metacentre; Longitudinal Stability; Stability of a Fully Submerged Body; Special Cases in Stability; Wall-Sided Ship; Influence on Stability of a Freely Hanging Weight; Effect of Liquid Free Surfaces
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The Inclining ExperimentStability at Large Angles; Atwood's Formula; Angle of Loll; Metacentric Height in the Lolled Condition; Statical Stability (GZ) Curves; Cross Curves of Stability; Deriving Curves of Statical Stability from the Cross Curves; Features of the Statical Stability Curve; Weight Movements; Transverse Movement of Weight; Bulk Cargoes; Dynamical Stability; External Influences; Wind; A Simple Wave Allowance; Turning; Icing; Stability Standards for the Intact Ship; IMO Criteria; Some Special Cases; Warship Intact Stability; Allowance for Icing; Stability in a Beam Wind
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Stability with Icing and Wind
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780080982724
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780080982373
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Introduction to Naval Architecture : Formerly Muckle's Naval Architecture for Marine Engineers
Language:
English
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