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Record Nr.

UNINA9910583497303321

Autore

Biran Adrian

Titolo

Geometry for naval architects / / Adrian Biran, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Technion City, Israel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Butterworth-Heinemann, , [2019]

©2019

ISBN

0-08-100339-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (526 pages) : color illustrations

Disciplina

623.8101516

Soggetti

Geometry in architecture

Naval architecture - Mathematics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Part 1: Traditional Methods. 1. Elements of descriptive geometry -- 2. The hull surface - Graphic definition -- 3. Geometric properties of areas and volumes -- Part 2: Differential Geometry.  4. Parametric curves -- 5. Curvature -- 6. Surfaces -- Part 3: Computer Methods. 7. Cubic splines -- 8. Geometrical transformations -- 9. Bézier curves -- 10. B-splines and NURBS -- 11. Computer representation of surfaces -- Part 4: Applications in Naval Architecture. 12. Hull transformations by computer software -- 13. Conformal mapping -- Answers to selected exercises.