Yacht Design School – Lesson 12

Scantlings Rule Development & Engineering Testing

Revised 03/22/2007 – Copyright 2007

 

Books To Be Read With This Lesson

Engineering Mathematics by K.A. Stroud & Dexter J. Booth

Machinery’s Handbook published by Industrial Press

Marks’ Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers by Avallone & Baumeister

Marks’ Mechanics by Larry Silverberg & James P. Thrower

Roark’s Formulas for Stress and Strain by Warren C. Young & Richard G. Budynas

Wood Handbook – Wood as an Engineering Material, Forest Products Laboratory

(This book may be downloaded in .pdf format at http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/fplgtr/fplgtr113/fplgtr113.htm

 

Tools for This Lesson

Dynamometer

Test Jig

 

What You Will Learn In This Lesson

                Studies Integral to General Hull Structures

Mathematics Concepts Used in Basic Yacht Structures

Tensile Strength

                Shear Strength

                Compression

                Buckling

                Ductility

                Stiffness

                Modulus of Elasticity

                Moment of Inertia & Buckling

                Section Modulus & Bending

                Relating the Above to Understand Strength

                Fatigue Characteristics & Fatigue Limits

                Marine Environmental Factors

                Testing for Above Characteristics

                Impact Studies

                Developing Minimum Standards for Hull Structures

                Submarine Design Basics as an Exercise

                Finite Element Analysis Introduced

                Proper and Improper Use of Structural Analysis in Vessel Design

                Development of Judgment

 

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