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Applied Naval Architecture

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Applied Naval Architecture is a good introductory book for people interested in naval architecture. It encompases many relevant topics of ship design and stability. A great book for students and proffesionals alike. Simple concise and helpfull.

I just completed my BA in Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering at the University of Michigan. This was used as a textbook for a Sophomore level course, and since taking that course I have not gone more than three months without referencing back to it. This book contains information on every topic and every vital equation necessary throughout the design of a conventional hull and propulsive system. It covers pretty much all of the fundamentals of Naval Architecture, and touches on some of the basics of Marine Engineering. It is an extremely useful reference for any Naval Architect, taking the most important concepts and equations from Principles of Naval Architecture and combining them into one text for practical applications. There was a running joke among my classmates throughout my years at Michigan that this book is the bible of Naval Architecture. I cannot think of any other more fitting way of describing it.

My only complaint, one so small and insignificant that it's almost not even worth mentioning, is that the equations are not all non-dimensional, but any engineer with any brain whatsoever can figure out how to convert them to a different set of units.

Couple this book with Marine Engineering Design of Propulsion and Electric Power Generation Systems and your favorite statics book and you have all the necessary references for a pretty involved vessel design, minus any regulations that you may have to research on your own from ABS, Lloyd's or the like.

This book was purchased in lieu of Principles of Naval Architecture Volume I, because that book was under revision at the time of purchase. I have found the book to be a very concise substitute for the PNA, and am very pleased with it. It has adequate descriptions of concepts along with the "math" needed without going into the extreme detail that PNA does. Overall a great reference.

This book is great for Naval Architects. The terminalogy in this book is clearly defined and the diagrams serve to add a visual refrence to thoes definitions. I would recomend this book to any one not familiar with the principals of naval archecture as this book is not confusing and can be easily understood.