Text-book of theoretical naval architecture (1889)
Attwood, Edward L. (Edward Lewis), 1871- · London, New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and Co. · leaf 236
8 per cent, of the frictional resistance. It is possible to reduce eddy-making to a minimum by paying careful attention to the appendages and endings of a vessel. Thus shaft brackets in twin-screw ships are often made of pear-shaped section, as shown in Fig. 98. 3. Resistance due to the Formation… … Direction of Flow. Fig. 99. surface, such as we have to deal with, the resistance due tothe formation of waves becomes very important, especially athigh speeds. This subject is of considerable difficulty, andit is not possible to give in this work more than a generaloutline of the principles…
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