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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463251803321

Autore

Pike Dag

Titolo

50 ways to improve your navigation [[electronic resource] /] / Dag Pike

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Adlard Coles Nautical, 2008

ISBN

1-4081-2723-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (97 p.)

Collana

50 Ways to Improve Your

Disciplina

623.89

Soggetti

Boats and boating

Navigation

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Copyright; Contents; PREPARATION; 1 Making a landfall - angle of approach; 2 Deviating to shorten the distance between marks; 3 The longer route can be the quickest; 4 The effect of wind on the tides; 5 Judging sea conditions; 6 Offsetting the course in order to be sure; 7 Safety margins; 8 Fuel and navigation; VISUAL NAVIGATION; 9 Adding up the clues; 10 Position fixing from sea conditions; 11 Estimating your position; 12 Transit bearings; 13 Steering bias; 14 Magnetic or true?; 15 Second stage navigation; 16 Conspicuous marks; 17 Local knowledge; PAPER CHARTS

18 Checking the plotted course19 Customising the charts; 20 Using position lines; 21 Looking at alternatives; DEPTH, TIDES AND CURRENTS; 22 Using depth when making a landfall; 23 Depth warnings and shoals; 24 Depth and distance off; 25 The effect of depth on sea conditions; 26 Taking short cuts; ELECTRONIC CHARTS; 27 Distance on the electronic chart; 28 Getting the scale right; 29 GPS accuracy; 30 Knowing where you are; 31 Waypoint selection and use; 32 When your GPS goes down; RADAR FOR NAVIGATION; 33 How accurate is the radar?; 34 Rounding a headland on radar; 35 Radar overlays

36 What the radar cannot seeCOLLISION AVOIDANCE; 37 Change of bearing; 38 Which radar scale to use; 39 Lost in the clutter; 40 Avoiding the big ships; 41 See and be seen; NIGHT AND FOG NAVIGATION; 42 Running on autopilot; 43 Speed in the fog; 44 Reflections and visibility; 45 Finding a buoy in fog; HARBOUR NAVIGATION; 46 Assessing



harbour entrances; 47 Finding an anchorage; 48 Finding a harbour entrance; 49 Electronic charts for harbour navigation; 50 Entering a harbour at night

Sommario/riassunto

This is a book about practical navigation - packed with practical ways to make navigation safer, easier and better. It is a book for anyone - whether driving a power boat or sailing a yacht. And the techniques cover both electronic as well as visual navigation. This book starts where others finish. Once you have the important basics of navigation, you'll want to see how to translate these into practical navigation techniques to use when planning before going to sea and once you're out there. 50 Ways to Improve Your Navigation distils Dag Pike's experience gained from over 50 years of navigatin

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910588596303321

Titolo

Forcefields for Atomistic-Scale Simulations: Materials and Applications / / edited by Akarsh Verma, Sanjay Mavinkere Rangappa, Shigenobu Ogata, Suchart Siengchin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022

ISBN

981-19-3092-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2022.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (395 pages)

Collana

Lecture Notes in Applied and Computational Mechanics, , 1860-0816 ; ; 99

Disciplina

531.6

Soggetti

Materials science - Data processing

Molecular dynamics

Nanotechnology

Atomic structure

Molecular structure

Microclusters

Atomistic Models

Molecular Dynamics

Atomic and Molecular Structure and Properties

Atomic and Molecular Clusters

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction to Forcefields -- 2. Forcefields for characterization of metals/metal alloys -- 3. Forcefields for characterization of nuclear materials -- 4. Forcefields and Atomistic insights to study high entropy alloys -- 5. Coarse-grained forcefields for anisotropically interacting particles -- 6. Forcefields for 2D nanomaterials (Graphene and h-BN) and the universal solvent “water” -- 7. Reactive forcefield (ReaxFF) for the combustion application -- 8. Reactive forcefield (ReaxFF) for the 2D nanomaterials synthesis -- 9. Forcefields and Modelling of Polymer Coatings and nanocomposites -- 10. Accelerated reactive forcefields for studying nanomaterials and polymers.

Sommario/riassunto

This book describes the forcefields/interatomic potentials that are used in the atomistic-scale and molecular dynamics simulations. It covers mechanisms, salient features, formulations, important aspects and case studies of various forcefields utilized for characterizing various materials (such as nuclear materials and nanomaterials) and applications. This book gives many help to students and researchers who are studying the forcefield potentials and introduces various applications of atomistic-scale simulations to professors who are researching molecular dynamics.