Ship resistance and propulsion : practical estimation of ship propulsive power
"Ship Resistance and Propulsion is dedicated to providing a comprehensive and modern scientific approach to evaluating ship resistance and propulsion. The study of the propulsive power enables the size and mass of the propulsion engines to be established and estimates made of the fuel consumpti...
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| Other Authors | , |
| Format | Electronic eBook |
| Language | English |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2011.
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| Online Access | Full text |
| ISBN | 9781139093026 1139093029 9780511974113 0511974116 9781680156782 1680156780 9780521760522 0521760526 |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource (xxvi, 537 pages) : illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Propulsive power
- 3. Components of ship resistance
- 4. Model-ship extrapolation
- 5. Model-ship correlation
- 6. Restricted water depth and breadth
- 7 Measurements of resistance components
- 8. Wake and thrust deduction
- 9. Numerical estimation of ship resistance
- 10. Resistance design data
- 11. Propuslor types
- 12. Propeller characteristics
- 13. Powering process
- 14. Hull from design
- 15. Numerical methods for propeller analysis
- 16. Propulsor design data
- 17. Applications
- Appendix A1: Background physics
- Appendix A2: Derivation of Eggers formula for wave resistance
- Appendix A3: Tabulations of resistance design data
- Appendix A4: Tabulations of propulsor design data.