This expanded and updated edition Thomas Ask's Handbook of Marine Surveying will be welcomed by students of marine surveying, professional marine surveyors, boatyard operators and technically-minded boat owners. It covers the latest marine surveying technology, including analysis of the mechanical behavior of materials, failure analysis, stress concentration, fatigue and fracture, corrosion, wood-damaging organisms, polymer chemistry, and the composition and characteristics of common plastics, metal, alloys and composite materials. There is also a useful survey checklist that provides practical techniques and hints for conducting a survey.
Surveying Marine Damage: A Handbook for Marine Surveyors and Loss Adjusters and a Guide for Underwriters, Shipowners, Lawyers Particularly for...
When the wire is not lying straight and fair to the terminal, fatigue will occur in the wire after multiple slack/ tension cycles, i.e. when rolling for a long period. Always remove these terminals from the mast to check the bearing ...
Dedicated to detail, this book ensures that the reader clearly understands each step of the surveying process.
"--SAIL "Thoroughly studying this book will enable you to inspect your own boat, identify problems and formulate an effective maintenance program.
Surveying Small Craft: Fault-finding in Boats
Handbook of Offshore Surveying
This important book includes the latest tools for analysis and design of advanced GNC systems and presents new material on unmanned underwater vehicles, surface craft, and autonomous vehicles.
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CRC Handbook of Marine Mammal Medicine, Second Edition is the only handbook specifically devoted to marine mammal medicine and health.
This specialist text provides the technical marine surveyor an insight into the work carried out by classification societies under class rules. Most of the information is related to the building and continuous operation of merchant ships.