The geometry of ships

Although there are still practitioners of the traditional art of manual fairing of ship lines, the geometry of most hull forms ranging from small yachts to the largest commercial and naval ships are now almost invariably developed using one of the commercially available hull modeling software packag...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Letcher, John S. (John Seymour) 1941- (Author)
Other Authors: Paulling, J. Randolph (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Jersey City, NJ Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers 2009
Series:Principles of Naval Architecture series
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Table of Contents:
  • Geometric modelling for marine design
  • Points and coordinate systems
  • Geometry of curves
  • Geometry of surfaces
  • Polygon meshes and subdivision surfaces
  • Geometry of solids
  • Hull surface definition
  • Displacement and weight
  • Form coeeficient for vessels
  • Upright hydrostatic analysis
  • Decks, bulkheads, superstructures and appendages
  • Arrangements and capacity