When the flanges of the web frames are in the 3D model with the required bevel, they unroll into flat curved pieces because they are the surfaces...
THE VICE ADMIRAL E. L. COCHRANE AWARD WINNER Best Peer-Reviewed Paper Published by SNAME from Conferences, Symposia, “Featured Papers,” Non Ship...
The U.S. Coast Guard had an RFP out to replace the four 52' MLB(S) class surf capable rescue boats operating out of Gray's Harbor, Cape...
Thank you for all of your comments, I really appreciate them. A lot of further details are in the attached document and even more in the linked...
A composite metal boat only has metal internal framing; the shell plating is wood. Stainless steel actually doesn't make a lot of sense for this...
There was a fairly successful Dick Carter 1 tonner built in steel during early IOR.
"Relatively high performance ...", not "High performance".
That is actually part of the experiment. In the past (before WW II) corrosion of the internals was not a problem if they were properly designed,...
Rooting through old papers I recently found a set of hand hydrostatic properties calculations done with a planimeter for a real job done just like...
Project "Runaway Bunny" A couple of years ago, I published a paper at the Chesapeake Sailing Yacht Symposium on a revival of the old technique of...
I was told a long time ago that the "Scantlings" formally speaking was the list of the dimensions and characteristics of the structure. It used...
The current main (U.S.) HF reference is ASTM F1166. This largely follows a MIL-HDBK on the subject (a lot of the illustrations are the same)....
The SNAME Technical and Research Program in cooperation with the Hampton Roads, Virginia Section of SNAME will host the Sixth Power Boat Symposium...