Small Boats Mechanics and Materials: A Primer of 72 Selected Topics Arranged in Five Parts

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The small boat building industry is still largely an art or craft, comprising many manufacturers of dozens of styles and sizes of boats. The overarching factor in all of their boat designs and features is dependence on the choice of materials and the compromises they engender. This book is arranged in five parts, covering seventy two topics. Woven through these topics are text and problem examples that describe the ...
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Overview

Why This Book Is Useful

The small boat building industry is still largely an art or craft, comprising many manufacturers of dozens of styles and sizes of boats. The overarching factor in all of their boat designs and features is dependence on the choice of materials and the compromises they engender. This book is arranged in five parts, covering seventy two topics. Woven through these topics are text and problem examples that describe the interaction of mechanics and materials applied specifically to small boats. These topics are intended for those wanting more depth in selected areas along the lines of a primer or to just cherry pick engineering concepts. A typical example is Part ll - Hydrostatics, shown below.

Part ll - Hydrostatics

10) Fluid forces, principles and common terms
11) Definitions for fluid dynamics
12) Important relationships and equations
13) Fluid pressure
14) Pressure and Pascals Law
15) Calculate the maximum height of a water column in an evacuated standpipe
16) Calculate the pressure a small boat exerts on the water surface
17) Bad weather
18) Calculate the percent drop in air pressure during an atmospheric low
19) Calculate the wind speed from an atmospheric low
20) Buoyancy
21) Buoyancy using Archimedes Principle
22) Pressure under the boat
23) Swamping over the stern with people on board
24) Center of gravity
25) Capsizing
26) Wave action, capsizing force diagrams
27) Surface tension and wetting angle
28) Capillary force

This book is a must for your nautical library, if you are among the millions of people involved with watercraft.


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  • ISBN-13: 9781425974916
  • Publisher: Authorhouse
  • Publication date: 9/28/2007
  • Pages: 132
  • Product dimensions: 8.25 (w) x 11.00 (h) x 0.28 (d)

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