The Warble Narrowboat
Warble Narrowboats was a highly regarded canal boat building company that carried out construction to their own designs at their boatyard in Hyde, …
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Marine Engineering
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Fluid Dynamics - Evaluating Reynolds Transport Theorem
Newtons laws of motion may be applicable ideally for bodies belonging to identified systems, however in fluid dynamics, for a control fluid volume in …
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Metacentric Height and Stability - Why Ships Tend to Stay Upright
Optimizing extreme stability becomes an important factor when it comes to designing ships. Determining the metacentric height, which is decisively …
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Boat Building Methods - Cruise Ships
Learn about boat building methods and specifically how cruise ships differ from normal commercial cargo carriers as far as ship building processes are …
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Aircraft Carrier Armor: Comparison of Armoured to Unarmoured Flight Deck Designs
In the early years of naval aviation the question of aircraft carrier armor occupied the intellectual effort of numerous naval engineers. Two main …
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Engineering Disasters: The Failure, Explosion, and Sinking of the Piper Alpha Platform
The Occidental Piper Alpha was built at McDermott’s Offshore Construction Yard, starting production as an oil production platform in the North Sea in …
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Kursk, Member of the Oscar Class - Project 949
The series of cruise missile submarines known to the west as the “Oscar Class” were designed and built in the Soviet era for the explicit …
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The Mystery of Low Barometric Pressure
Low pressure of the atmosphere is a phenomenon that is avoided by the mariners. Learn about the mystery of low barometric pressure and in which …
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IJN Shinano: A Behemoth Born as a Battleship
The IJN Shinano, named in honor of the Shinano province, was originally laid down as a Yamato class battleship. However, battle losses during the …
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Harbor Maintenance Tax - A Barrier to Short Sea Shipping in North America
The term short sea traffic refers is also referred to as Coastwise Trade, Coastal Trade, or Coasting Trade. It stands in contrast to deep sea …
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