 People use different marine structure including both floating and fixed ones, to perform their duties and carry out associated activities on the water. Of course, all of those structures shall be designed and constructed in many shapes and sized varying from the small-sized canoe and up to the huge supertankers and drilling rigs.
Naval architecture is one of the most important engineering disciplines dealing with the ship design technology. In order to build the floating structures mentioned above, ship builders require properly developed design drawings, plans and calculations, and all of these are normally prepared by the naval architecture professionals, i.e. naval architects. That is why proper knowledge of all principles of naval architecture must be possessed as necessary.
Naval architects work on determining of the shape and size of the vessels they design; then, they estimate the stability and propulsive power of the vessel, calculate the strength of the vessel’s structure. After that, the designer proceeds to the materials to be applied, arrangement of the vessel, machinery and equipment, and other matters, all based on the sound knowledge of the naval architecture without which any design would not be possible.
 Another piece of classics here. The old yet useful volume on naval architecture written by the former professor of naval architecture and marine engineering of the MIT, standing for the Massachusetts Institute of technology. The intention of the publication was to provide in a connected and maximum possible consistent manner the theoretical essentials of the naval architecture.
The author tried to stick to this approach, making the presentation of the material more direct and simple, particularly for such topics as the ship stability, ship propulsion, local and overall strength, displacement and many others. First of all, the author gave a clear statement of the computing rules and also included an informative instruction on the mechanical and graphical integration. Then, the text moves to the detailed explanation of the ship displacement and everything related to the stability of the ship, since this is considered one of the most important areas.
All fundamental information and commonly used computational methods have been covered in detail. Going through the contents of the book we can definitely say that the author managed to compile all the basics of the naval architecture in a single volume which would be equally useful to the students of naval architecture and to the practicing shipbuilders and ship designers.
 This is a world popular and truly indispensable, one of the best available guidebooks on ship stability. The authors of the book managed to cover, in a single volume, all important stability topics, including but not limited to the buoyancy and flotation of the ship, stability at small and large angles of inclination, longitudinal stability, effects caused by the density of the water, bilging and hull resistance, etc.
There is a separate chapter devoted to the advanced hydrostatics. There is a list of objectives accompanying each of the chapters, located at the beginning. It is followed with the check sheet at the end of each topic – these should be used by the students as a supplemental tool to track the learning process and ensure that the relevant skills have been developed prior to moving to the next one.
There are more than 170 working examples included in the book, each of them is provided with the thoroughly explained solutions so that the students can work through them, building up their knowledge of the topic and developing their skills. Subject examples vary in difficulty and base on a hypothetical vessel – the readers are given extracts from the typical ship data book replicating the data books on board real vessels.
 A nice collection of the records that will be of great use for the students of the naval architecture. Even though there are so many modern technologies and calculation software available today, the good understanding of the essential naval architecture techniques is a must have for any future naval architect, ship designed and shipbuilder. The Simpson’s Rules are among the most fundamental ones in the naval architecture.
They are still popular due to their simplicity. They are still in wide use for calculating the area of the figure as well as the volume and geometric centers of the spaces confined within the curve and straight line. As we know, there are three basic Simpson’s Rules and the Trapezoidal Rule. When calculating an area, we first choose the equidistant points along that line and then measure the perpendicular distance from each of those points to the curve.
The straight line is called the axis and the measured distances are ordinates. What we do next is that we multiply the ordinates by the numbers chosen from the Simpson’s Multipliers and get the product – as simple as that! In short, this is one of the most effective and simple methods and any naval architect shall know how to apply it.
 People have always benefited from the sea and its resources. For thousands of years the sea has serves as the source of food for them. In addition and with the course of time, sea has become one of the ways for transporting goods. Today, the marine transportation is considered a primary means of transportation. There are many different types of ships and offshore structures at sea, including both fixed and mobile installations.
All of them shall be designed and constructed in a way that will provide the safety of the people on board, and this is what the naval architecture is there for. The present publication covers one of the most important aspects, namely hydrostatics and stability of the ships. The content has been written having all readers in mind, including those with relatively limited technical and naval architecture background, and that is why the very basic terminology was used.
When working with this book the readers will get to know how to perform the essential calculations and have better understanding of the essential instruments that are in common use when performing the stability assessment of the ships. The content is very easy to follow and all of the material has been presented in a remarkably systematic way.
 When working on the present publication, the main objective of the author was to adapt the contents for the students of naval architecture possessing a very basic knowledge of mathematics, at elementary level. That is the main reason why the book gained so much of popularity and was treated as one of the best volumes for the students of naval architecture who will find here all the information they need to conduct the general calculations, explained using commonly and easily applied rules and formulae.
Every effort was made by the author to get the main problems of stability calculations simplified, and this was done through dividing the all calculations in two groups – the calculations related to the ship hull; form and calculations related to the weight of the ship. In short, we can say that all important aspects have been covered in detail. The information contained in the pages of this classic volume is still valid and useful since it is based on the provisions of the theoretical calculations. It is highly recommended to all naval architects to have a good understanding of the underlying principles of all calculations associated with the ship design including but not limited to the ship stability.
 One of the most popular and practical books on ship stability. This textbook has been subjected to a full review and update by its new author in order to ensure a modern and deep coverage of all relevant topics.
The main content of the publication has been provided with a completely new and unique introductory part giving the types of the vessels together with the general characteristics; this has been done to indicated to the reader the typical or actual sizes of the merchant ships of today. In addition, there are four completely new chapters covering the ship squat, interaction, deadweight scale and, finally, trim and stability.
There is also one more new section in the Appendices and it deals with the draft surveys - the content of this section has been re-written to make it more understandable for the students of naval architecture. The authors have paid really careful attention to the fundamental theoretical principles of ship stability and strength, and they have given so many exercise questions and worked examples to make sure that the students who really work through this volume will have good results.
This is an excellent textbook delving into many basic matters of ship stability and therefore great for all categories of readers, from students to the pro engineers; it shall also be used as a very helpful shipboard reference book.
 The ship navigators shall always be concerned about the voyage planning, constantly adjusting and updating the course of their vessel according to the information they receive. The pilots, in turn, handle the vessels in relatively safe conditions while entering and leaving ports, on the basis of their practical experience of maneuvering in confined waters.
The idea of this volume is to explain what the ship navigators feel so that the readers can understand it, to demonstrate that the ship-water interaction is not quite straightforward. Written by the well-experienced ship pilot, the book will give readers the clear explanations of the things they need to know. It will be of great practical use for the younger officers and trainee pilots due to the unequivocal manner and plain language used.
We would particularly recommend this book to the people who need to understand the basics of the naval architecture but do not want or do not have time to dig too deep into the theory. Having read this one, they will get to know the necessary essentials and be able to apply them when handling their ships. There are many drawings and illustrations supplementing the text. The book covers virtually all what they would need to be aware of to safely navigating the shops.
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