Marine rudders, hydrofoils and control surfaces : principles, data, design and applications / by Molland, Anthony F., Turnock, Stephen R.

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Venetian ships and shipbuilders of the Renaissance, by Lane, Frederic Chapin, 1900-

American sea power and the obsolescence of capital ship theory / by Watts, R. B. 1963-

Table of Contents: “…The changing paradigm of war : the United States and irregular warfare theory -- The philosophy : A.T. Mahan and the foundations of U.S. naval thought -- War fighting theory and practice, 1914/1941 : the ascendency of the capital ship -- Lessons, retrenchment, and theory, 1945/1951 -- Theory and the challenge of irregular warfare, 1950/1980 -- Theoretical renaissance : the maritime strategy, 1980/1990 -- Strategy adrift, 1990/2001 -- The new challenge : 9/11 and the use of naval power in irregular warfare -- The legacy lives on -- Conclusions: The cycles of history.…”
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Towards a unified fatigue life prediction method for marine structures / by Cui, Wei-Cheng, Huang, Xiaoping, Wang, Fang

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Marine rudders and control surfaces : principles, data, design and applications / by Molland, Anthony F.

Table of Contents: “…Principles -- Control Surface Types -- Control Surfaces and applications -- Rudder Types -- Other Control Surfaces -- Physics of Control Surface Operation -- Background -- Basic Flow Patterns and Terminology -- Induced Drag -- Rudder-Propeller Interaction -- Propeller-Induced Velocity Upstream of Rudder -- Influence of Hull on Rudder-Propeller Performance -- Control Surface Requirements -- Rudder Requirements -- Rudder design within the ship design process -- Requirements for other control surfaces -- Rudder and control surface design strategy -- Design Data Sources -- Experimental Data -- Review of Experimental Data and Performance Prediction -- Presentation of Experimental Data -- Experimental Data for rudder in free stream -- Experimental Data for rudder behind propeller -- Effective Aspect Ratio -- Rudder and control surface area -- Free surface effects -- cavitation on control surfaces -- Propulsive effects -- Hull pressures -- Theoretical and numerical methods -- Available methods -- Potential flow methods -- Navier-Stokes Methods -- Interpretation of numerical analysis -- Free-stream rudders -- Rudder-propeller interaction -- Unsteady behavior -- Future developments -- Design Strategy and Methodology -- Detailed Rudder Design -- Background and philosophy of design approach -- Rudder Design Process -- Applications of numerical methods -- Guidelines for design -- Manoeuvering -- Rudder Forces -- Hull upsteam -- Influence of Drift Angle -- Low and zero speed and four quadrants -- Shallow water/bank effects -- Other Control Surfaces -- Fin Stabilisers -- Hyrdroplanes -- Pitch damping fins -- Propulsion -- Propeller-rudder Interaction -- Propeller Effects -- Rudder Effects -- Overall Effects -- Design Applications -- Applications -- Backround -- Large Ships -- Small Craft -- Low speed and manoeuvering -- Control -- Tabulated Test Data -- Rudder and Propeller Design Software.…”
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The Marine Corps way of war : the evolution of the U.S. Marine Corps from attrition to maneuver warfare in the post-Vietnam era / by Piscitelli, Anthony J.

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Nicolaes Witsen and shipbuilding in the Dutch Golden Age / by Hoving, A. J., 1947-

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