Principles of Yacht Design, 3rd Edition
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| Rating | : | 4.89 (502 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0071487697 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-02-14 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Create your desired yacht with help from this yacht-design bibleThis handsome edition of Principles of Yacht Design--the accepted standard yacht-design reference for boat owners, designers, and builders--is updated throughout, particularly the calculations of hull and deck thicknesses, or scantlings. Its new two-color format makes it easier for you to use its many elegant illustrations.
Lars Larsson, a naval architect, is a professor of hydrodynamics at Chalmers University of Technology, in Gothenburg, Sweden.Rolf E. Eliasson, a yacht design/construction engineer specializing in boat structures, runs his own yacht design company.
'The standard book on he subject for practising designers, naval architecture students, discerning boat owners and the boatbuilding industry as a whole.' Yachting Life (May 2007) "ideal for budding designers and mathematically-minded yachtsmen." Yachting Monthly (September 2007)
Hamish Norton said It's a good book with a lot of useful information well presented. It's a good book with a lot of useful information well presented.A little lacking on modern planing hulls.It would be great if an updated edition was considered that could include CFD examples?. Five Stars Fernando Boccolini Filho Excelent book, very informative and at the same time, highly technical. Easy to understand and apply!. Outstanding If you want to learn about how yachts are designed, what considerations are necessary, or what sort of forces, force balances or approximations are involved, this book will explain it in a very easy to read and comprehend manner, but without skimping on the technical details. This was the textbook for a course in yacht design for Naval Architecture students at the University