Shipbuilding technology and education / Committee on National Needs in Maritime Technology, Marine Board, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on National Needs in Maritime Technology.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shipbuilding--United States.

Shipbuilding.

Shipbuilding--Study and teaching--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 148 pages) : illustrations, map, charts

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The U.S. shipbuilding industry now confronts grave challenges in providing essential support of national objectives. With recent emphasis on renewal of the U.S. naval fleet, followed by the defense builddown, U.S. shipbuilders have fallen far behind in commercial ship construction, and face powerful new competition from abroad. This book examines ways to reestablish the U.S. industry, to provide a technology base and R & D infrastructure sustaining both commercial and military goals. Comparing U.S. and foreign shipbuilders in four technological areas, the authors find that U.S. builders lag most severely in business process technologies, and in technologies of new products and materials. New advances in system technologies, such as simulation, are also needed, as are continuing developments in shipyard production technologies. The report identifies roles that various government agencies, academia, and, especially, industry itself must play for the U.S. shipbuilding industry to attempt a turnaround.

Contents:

Front Matter

Acknowledgments

Preface

Contents

Executive Summary

1 Introduction

2 State of Technology Application in U.S. Shipbuilding

3 Programs to Increase the Technological Competitiveness of U.S. Shipyards

4 National Needs for Education Infrastructure in Maritime Technology

5 Conclusions and Recommendations

Acronyms

APPENDIX A Biographies of Committee Members

APPENDIX B Presentations to the Committee

APPENDIX C Making Financing Decisions in the U.S. Shipbuilding Industry

APPENDIX D Government and Industry Programs that Invest in Shipbuilding Technology

APPENDIX E Schools of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780309175999

0309175992

9780309521666

0309521661

9780585023960

0585023964

OCLC:

42329040