Try this site http://www.stationaryenginebooks.co.uk.
If memory serves me correct, they offered a refresher course on maths prior to the actual start of the course. I'm not sure if its still available.
When I studied at the AMC a lot of subjects in the first two years where actually conducted next door at the Uni of Tasmania, and its these first...
I did a B.Eng (Nav Arc) at the AMC, the only other option for this degree is in Sydney, the AMC wins hands down in terms of facilities such as the...
Does anybody have direct experience with the effects that the addition of bilge keels have in terms of reduction in speed. rather than guess's...
One of the big differences in that in most places you will find someone with the skills and equipment to peform repairs of steel structues. It...
THORDON is recognised as a very good material, and doubt thats were the problem is. I'd say you have an alignment problem. Has any work been done...
There are loading formula's available at www.Harken.com. Regards, Michael
There is much more potential with modern handheld computers (Pocket PC & Palm). I have a Toshiba handheld running Pocket PC 2002, which has more...
You need to move the flap in both directions, so when using a bladder you will need one on each side. The other option is springs etc. The use...
Brett, The only standards I know of are the Japanese Standards (JIS), for which JIS F2017 is for Panama Chocks and JIS F2014 is for Roller...
A good web site that I use often is www.efunda.com. It requires membership, but you can try it out for free for a certain amount of time. Michael
Albert, For a commercial vessel, 6% is in my experience very cheap if you consider all the manhours involved such as: Preperations of...
And to make things interesting, the annual Sydney to Hobart Yacht race can be counted as race one of the AC.
Everything is possible, the question is what is the cost? The first thing that comes to mind is extra power on the drive train, and if it can...
Dionysis, I see you are in "Sunny" Tasmania, are you studying at the AMC? If not the library there has loads of books and information...
In Australia the rules for commercial craft are the "Uniform Shipping Laws" or USL. These are in the process or have already been upgraded and...
I think this is simply a matter finding out where the thrust is being taken, which will be either the gearbox, dedicated thrust bearing or in the...
For those who don't know the book by Erik Green can be found online in PDF format at: http://www.marinecomposites.com/ Amazing what this guy...
Just to be clear, I still am not that fond of the subject in general, only the application makes it bearable. I graduated from the Australian...
