This book details the efforts to build a large naval vessel capable of traveling at one hundred knots. It is the first book to summarize this extensive work from historical and technical perspectives. It explores the unique principles and challenges in the design of high-speed marine craft. This volume explores different hull form concepts, requiring an understanding of the four forces affecting the lift and the drag of the craft. The four forces covered are hydrostatic (buoyancy), hydro-dynamic, aerostatic, and aerodynamic. This text will appeal to naval researchers, architects, graduate students and historians, as well as others generally interested in naval architecture and propulsion.
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Weight: 1280g
Dimensions: 185 x 261mm
Publication Date: 11 Dec 2015
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781107090415
About Peter J. Mantle
Peter Mantle's long career as naval architect and aerospace engineer includes positions as a Chief Engineer and Test Pilot for the first surface effect ship an aerodynamic air cushion craft; Technical Director and Program Manager of the US Navy 100-ton displacement surface effect ship 'SES-100B' that set a world speed record of 91.90 knots; Director of Technology Assessment Office of Secretary of Navy (SECNAV) and Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV) in The Pentagon for all research and development on aircraft ships submarines missile systems and classified projects; Chairman NATO Studies on Air Land and Sea Battles; and Chairman US Delegation to NATO Industrial Advisory Group on defense matters for NATO. He is the author of numerous research articles and three books: A Technical Summary of Air Cushion Craft Development Air Cushion Craft Development and The Missile Defense Equation: Factors for Decision Making.