A manual of naval architecture for the use of officers of the Royal Navy, officers of the Mercantile Marine, yachtsmen, shipowners, and shipbuilders (1894)
White, W. H. (William Henry), Sir, 1845-1913 · London : J. Murray · leaf 334
t in wake of the mainhold situated before the machinery compartment. In wake of thatcompartment there was an excess of buoyancy on the whole, althoughat the centre of its length concentrated weights led to a small localexcess of weight. Buoyancy exceeded weight slightly throughoutthe length of the… … machinery compartment the structure was subjected to hoggingstrains, the maximum value of the bending moment occurring in theafter body, about 100 feet from the stern, and reaching 6000 foot-tons. Before the machinery space until close up to the bow thestructure was subjected to sagging strains,…
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