Ship Vibrations: Report 1451By R. T. McGoldrick
1960 US Department of the Navy David Taylor Model Basin (Bethesda, Maryland), 7 7/8 x 10 1/8 inches tall paperbound in blue printed wraps, each chapter separately paginated. Moderate soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers, with fraying along spine. Title handwritten in ink to spine. Otherwise, apart from slight age toning to contents, a very good copy - clean and unmarked - of this comprehensive examination of ship vibration.
Contents include:
- Historical Background
- Basic Beam Theory of Ship Vibration / Steady-State Ship Vibration / Transient Ship Vibration
- Effect of Local Flexibility on the Vibratory Characteristics of a Hull
- Propeller-Exciting Forces
- Damping of Hull Vibration
- Antivibration Devices
- Design Considerations Relating To Steady-State Hull Vibration / Transient Vibrations / Vibration of the Propulsion-Shafting System / Resilient Mountings
- Ship Vibration Research
- 8 Appendices
- General Bibliography
- Index
The David Taylor Model Basin (DTMB) is one of the largest ship model basins test facilities for the development of ship design in the world. DTMB is a field activity of the Carderock Division of the Naval Surface Warfare Center. It was built in 1939 in today's community of Carderock just west of Bethesda, Maryland in Montgomery County, and contains multiple test basins designed for a variety of testing capabilities. DTMB has been a pervasive influence on naval architecture for 70 years.