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 327
ies built for the Royal Navy during the CrimeanWar were docked on bilge as well as central blocks. The reduc-tion of transverse bending strains by these special supports iseasily explained; for instead of an upward pressure W at themiddle line and the downward force W forming a couple, theresultant… … Ships afloat and at rest in still water are not usually strained80 severely as vessels supported on the keel only; for a reason very similar to that justFIG.90. given. Fig. 90 illustrates this case. Taking one halfthe ship separately, itsweight W acts through </,as before explained; butthe…
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