Ship design and performance for masters and mates / Bryan Barrass.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barrass, Bryan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ships--Maintenance and repair.

Ships.

Shipbuilding.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Burlington : Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A clear and concise introduction to ship design and performance for students and practicing marine engineers both at sea and in the classroom.

Contents:

Cover; Ship Design and Performance for Masters and Mates; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part 1 Ship Design; 1 Preliminary estimates for new ships: Main Dimensions; Estimations of the length for a new design; Method 1: Cube root format; Method 2: The geosim procedure; Method 3: Graphical intersection procedure; Selection of LBP values for graphs; Depth Mld (D) for the new design; Freeboard (f) on Oil Tankers; Optimisation of the Main Dimensions and C[sub(B)]; Increase of L; Increase in B; Increases in Depth Mld and Draft Mld; Increase in C[sub(B)]

2 Preliminary estimates for group weights for a new ship Section 1; Estimation of steel weight for a new ship; Consideration of steel weight estimations; Methods for estimating steel weight in ships; Cubic Number method; Weight per metre run method; The 'slog-slog' method; Method of differences; Modification for C[sub(B)]; Scantling correction; Deck sheer correction; Computational techniques; Prefabrication techniques - a short note; Section 2; Wood and Outfit weight; Method 1: The coefficient procedure; Method 2: Proportional procedure; Non-ferrous metals; Use of plastics for Merchant ships

Section 3Estimations of machinery weight; Method 1: The rate procedure; Method 2: Use of empirical formulae; 3 Preliminary capacities for a new ship; Detailed estimation of the Grain Capacity; Cargo oil capacity for Oil Tankers; Capacity estimate for a Bulk Carrier; 4 Approximate hydrostatic particulars; C[sub(B)] values; C[sub(W)] values; Displacements; KB or vertical centre of buoyancy values; BM[sub(T)] values; Transverse Metacentre (KM[sub(T)]); Waterplane area (WPA); Tonnes per centimetre immersion (TPC); Moment to change trim one centimetre (MCTC); BM[sub(L)] values

Longitudinal Metacentre values (KM[sub(L)])Hydrostatic curves; Transverse Metacentric height (GM[sub(T)]); Some comparisons; Comparison between BM[sub(T)] and BM[sub(L)]; KG or vertical centre of gravity values; Relationship between draft, W, C[sub(B)] and C[sub(W)]; Longitudinal centre of buoyancy; Summary; 5 Types of ship resistance; Frictional resistance; Froude's speed-length law; Froude number; Relationship between Froude's speed-length law and Froude's Number; Residual resistance; Total resistance; Wind and appendage allowances; To find speed of the ship

To find the wetted service area of the ship Naked effective power; Procedure steps for solving ship resistance and P[sub(NE)] problems; Three more important geosim relationships; 6 Types of ship speed; 7 Types of power in ships; 8 Power coefficients on ships; Quasi Propulsive Coefficient; Propulsive Coefficient; Admiralty Coefficient; An approximation for Admiralty Coefficient; 9 Preliminary design methods for a ship's propeller and rudder; Propeller design; Summary remarks; Rudder design; Size of the steering gear machinery for turning the rudder; Nomenclature for ship design and performance; Part 2 Ship Performance

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-280-63880-X

9786610638802

0-08-045494-1

OCLC:

475999978