EN400 PRINCIPLES OF SHIP PERFORMANCE COURSE NOTES
| Author(s) | USNA |
| Publisher | United States Naval Academy |
| Date | 2020 |
| Pages | 484 |
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| Size | 4 Mb |
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This publication contains the notes for the training course developed by the United States Naval Academy, introducing students to the shipboard systems. Within the subject course, both ships and underwater vehicles are covered, including their floating from ship design and application viewpoints.
Several topics have been included to cover the hydrostatics, stability of ship, materials used for hull construction, ship propulsion fluid mechanics and others. The students who have successfully completed all parts of this course, will get a good knowledge and understanding of the ship hull construction, equilibrium and stability, watertight integrity, structural arrangement of the ship hull.
They will also be able to consider the critical factors that affect the maneuverability of the vessel underway, understand the components impacting the hull resistance, and many other aspects of the naval architecture and ship construction. Note that not too much is required from the students starting the course apart from the basic understanding of the terminology, just read, follow the content and be attentive.
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