Small Craft Design Guide.
Abstract
This work is essentially an annotated bibliography which outlines for the practicing designer the current state-of-the-art of small craft design and engineering in terms of the most recent of the useful publications in each subject area. Its purpose is principally to update the previous 'Guide to Power Boat Design' which was issued in 1971. However, there are two differences between this work and the previous one: First, the previous guide cited only about 100 references because it was a companion document to a rather extensive bibliography of over 1000 references. This guide is intended to be virtually complete in itself, citing older references whenever they are still useful. Therefore, the present work includes about 300 references. These are cited by author's last name and title only in the body of the text, Part I of this report. The Bibliography, Part II of this report, provides a complete listing, including document source and abstract, when available, for each of the references cited, but no others. Second, the previous guide presented some cautionary guidance in the use of model data and of oversimplified prediction methods which is not found in the references. Consequently, the earlier publications may still be useful. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1977
- Accession Number
- ADA047494
Entities
People
- Joseph G. Koelbel Jr.