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Contents

“Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from
insufficient premises.”
Samuel Butler

Foreword ......................................... v
Preface .......................................... ix

Chapter 1 . Introduction. Methods and Data
1.1 Introduction .................................... 1
1.1.1 Design and naval architecture ...................... 1
1.1.2 Reader’s background knowledge .................... 2
1.1.3 Scope in terms of ship types ....................... 2
1.1.4 Transfer of technology between ship types ................ 5
1.1 . 5 The author’s design experience ...................... 5
1.1.6 The general layout of the book ...................... 6
1.2 Design calculation methods ............................ 9
I . 2. I General discussion ............................ 9
1.2.2 Expert systems ............................. 10
1.2.3 Use of spreadsheets ........................... 11
1.2.4 Design development calculations .................... 16
I . 3 Ship design data ................................. 20
1.3.1 Collecting data and making use of it ................... 20
1.3.2 Data sources .............................. 21
1.3.3 Ship dimensions ............................ 22
1.3.4 Data on lines and powering ....................... 31
1 3.5 General arrangement plans ....................... 31
1.3.6 Outfit and machinery data ........................ 31
I 3.7 Weight data ............................... 32
1.3.8 Costdata ................................ 32
1.3.9 Dataonrules .............................. 32
1.3.10 Making use of data ........................... 32