| Autore |
Barrass, C. B.
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| Pubbl/distr/stampa |
Oxford : Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, 2004
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| Descrizione fisica |
xii, 252 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
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| Disciplina |
623.81
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| Soggetto topico |
Naval architecture
Shipbuilding
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| Soggetto genere / forma |
Electronic books.
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| ISBN |
9780750660006
0750660007
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| Formato |
Risorse elettroniche  |
| Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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| Nota di contenuto |
Preface and introduction; Examples of modern ship-types and their general particulars; Ship design; Preliminary estimates; Design coefficients; Types of ship resistance; Types of ship speed; Types of power on ships; Power coefficients; Designing a ship's propeller; Ship performance; Ship trials; Details of maximum ship squats; The phenomena of interaction of ships in confined waters; Ship vibration; Mechanisms for improving ship handling; Damping devices; Improvements in power output; Reference centre; Formulae; Exam preparations; Index
Pt. 1. Ship design. Preliminary estimates for new ships: main dimensions -- Preliminary estimates for group weights for a new ship -- Preliminary capacities for a new ship -- Approximate hydrostatic particulars -- Types of ship resistance -- Types of ship speed -- Types of power in ships -- Power coefficients on ships -- Preliminary design methods for a ship's propeller and rudder -- Nomenclature for ship design and performance -- Pt. 2. Ship performance. Modern merchant ships -- Ships of this millennium -- Ship trials: a typical 'diary of events' -- Ship trials: speed performance on the measured mile -- Ship trials: endurance and fuel consumption -- Ship trials: manoeuvring trials and stopping characteristics -- Ship trials: residual trials -- Ship squat in open water and in confined channels -- Reduced ship speed and decreased propeller revolutions in shallow waters -- The phenomena of interaction of ships in confined waters -- Ship vibration -- Performance enhancement in ship-handling mechanisms -- Improvements in propeller performance -- Useful design and performance formulae -- Revision one-liners for student's examination preparation -- How to pass examinations in maritime studies
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| Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991003238259707536 |
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Ship design and performance for masters and mates [e-book] / C.B. Barrass
