High-speed marine craft : one hundred knots at sea /
By: Mantle, Peter J.
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TextPublisher: London Cambridge University Press 2015Description: 1 online resource (xxii, 604 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).ISBN: 9781316106716 (ebook).Subject(s): Warships -- Design and construction -- History -- 21st century | Warships -- Design and construction -- History -- 20thcentury | Warships -- Technological innovations -- United States | Ground-effect machines -- United States -- Design and construction | Hydrofoil boats -- United States -- Design and constructionAdditional physical formats: Print version: : No titleDDC classification: 623.825 Online resources: Click here to access online Summary: This book details the efforts to build a large naval vessel capable of traveling at one hundred knots. It is the first book to summarize this extensive work from historical and technical perspectives. It explores the unique principles and challenges in the design of high-speed marine craft. This volume explores different hull form concepts, requiring an understanding of the four forces affecting the lift and the drag of the craft. The four forces covered are hydrostatic (buoyancy), hydro-dynamic, aerostatic, and aerodynamic. This text will appeal to naval researchers, architects, graduate students and historians, as well as others generally interested in naval architecture and propulsion.
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This book details the efforts to build a large naval vessel capable of traveling at one hundred knots. It is the first book to summarize this extensive work from historical and technical perspectives. It explores the unique principles and challenges in the design of high-speed marine craft. This volume explores different hull form concepts, requiring an understanding of the four forces affecting the lift and the drag of the craft. The four forces covered are hydrostatic (buoyancy), hydro-dynamic, aerostatic, and aerodynamic. This text will appeal to naval researchers, architects, graduate students and historians, as well as others generally interested in naval architecture and propulsion.
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