KuTenk 2000 - SMAR532303-Ship Design and Performance for Masters and Mates

by C. B. Barrass 

2004 (265 pages)

ISBN:9780750660006

Providing the information needed to understand ship design and performance, this book presents key facts, backed up throughout by relevant theory, illustrations and photographs, and also includes valuable engineering data, facts and formulas.

Ship Design and Performance for Masters and Mates

Introduction

Part 1 - Ship Design

Chapter 1

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Preliminary Estimates for New Ships—Main Dimensions

Chapter 2

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Preliminary Estimates for Group Weights for a New Ship

Chapter 3

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Preliminary Capacities for a New Ship

Chapter 4

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Approximate Hydrostatic Particulars

Chapter 5

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Types of Ship Resistance

Chapter 6

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Types of Ship Speed

Chapter 7

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Types of Power in Ships

Chapter 8

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Power Coefficients on Ships

Chapter 9

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Preliminary Design Methods for a Ship's Propeller and Rudder

Nomenclature for ship design and performance

Part 2 - Ship Performance

Chapter 10

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Modern Merchant Ships

Chapter 11

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Ships of This Millennium

Chapter 12

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Ship Trials—A Typical ‘Diary of Events’

Chapter 13

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Ship Trials—Speed Performance on the Measured Mile

Chapter 14

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Ship Trials—Endurance and Fuel Consumption

Chapter 15

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Ship Trials—Manoeuvring Trials and Stopping Characteristics

Chapter 16

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Ship Trials—Residual Trials

Chapter 17

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Ship Squat in Open Water and in Confined Channels

Chapter 18

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Reduced Ship Speed and Decreased Propeller Revolutions in Shallow Waters

Chapter 19

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The Phenomena of Interaction of Ships in Confined Waters

Chapter 20

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Ship Vibration

Chapter 21

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Performance Enhancement in Ship-handling Mechanisms

Chapter 22

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Improvements in Propeller Performance

Useful Design and Performance Formulae

Revision One-liners for Student's Examination Preparation

How to Pass Examinations in Maritime Studies

References

Answers to Questions