A manual of naval architecture. For the use of officers of the Royal Navy, officers of the Mercantile Marine, shipbuilders, shipowners, and yachtsmen (1889)
White, W. H. (William Henry), Sir, 1845-1913 · London, J. Murray · leaf 160
itappears that the active agent in producing the motion, after thevessel has once been inclined and then set free, is the moment ofstatical stability; and that the moment of inertia about a longi-tudinal axis passing through the centre of gravity is also ofgreat importance. Mathematical… … UO NAVAL ARCHITECTURE. chap. iv. Then T = tt a/-^ = 3 • 1416 \/j^. gni ^ gm where g (measuring force of gravity) = 324 feet (nearly) persecond. This may be written, T = -554a/^.Ill A fair approximation to the still-water, or natural periodof oscillation for a new ship can be made by means of…
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