This textbook has been prepared to satisfy the educa The text does not attempt to exhaust the subject of naval architecture. The general design of merchant ships, tional requirements of the Naval Systems Engineering Department at the U. S. Naval Academy. The depart cargo-handling equipment, and habitability systems, as ment offers two third-class (sophomore-level) courses well as costing and contracting, computer-aided ship that teach engineering fundamentals of naval architec design, ship construction, launching, trials ...
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This textbook has been prepared to satisfy the educa The text does not attempt to exhaust the subject of naval architecture. The general design of merchant ships, tional requirements of the Naval Systems Engineering Department at the U. S. Naval Academy. The depart cargo-handling equipment, and habitability systems, as ment offers two third-class (sophomore-level) courses well as costing and contracting, computer-aided ship that teach engineering fundamentals of naval architec design, ship construction, launching, trials preparation, ture, especially those connected with naval ship design. and delivery are omitted from the text. These subjects A four-semester-hour course, Naval Engineering I, is are extensively covered in a SNAME publication, Ship taught to most of the non-engineering majors at the Design and Construction, to which this book frequently Naval Academy whose background includes chemistry, refers. physics, and mathematics through differential equa The text makes extensive use of material from Mod tions. Because these students have not had the engi ern Ship Design by Professor Thomas Gillmer. Profes neering fundamentals courses, this textbook contains a sor Bruce Johnson has contributed a considerable amount brief summary of engineering statics (chapter 2), en of new material, including example problems. gineering materials (chapter 4), strength of materials Because of the desired 1982 publication date, there was insufficient time to convert existing material to dual (chapter 5), and fluid mechanics (chapter 11). A three-semester-hour course, Introduction to Naval English-metric units."
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Good. Some extremities to the book with some minor knocks to the edge but does not affect the content. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. Contains: Illustrations, black & white.
