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Naval Architecture – Bartosz Ciechanowski

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When I first heard the term naval architecture I thought it was the artistic practice of designing beautiful boats. It turns out it’s a proper scientific discipline dedicated to the engineering of ships. Over the course of this article we’ll go over different aspects of naval architecture. I’ll explain how ships are propelled, what makes them stay afloat, and how they’re carefully designed to not tip over even in dynamic conditions: To understand why a ship rocks side-to-side in the wavy ocean waters, we first have to understand that it’s water itself that’s responsible for all of the ship’s behaviors. We’ll start with a simple device – a water-filled syringe. You’ve probably seen a syringe before. When its plunger is pressed, the contents of the syringe come out on the other end. In the demonstration below we have a syringe connected through a thin hose to another container that has a spring in it. The entire system is filled with water. As you increase the force on the plunger observ

Naval Architecture – Bartosz Ciechanowski Bartosz Ciechanowski Blog Archives Patreon X / Twitter Instagram e-mail RSS July 27, 2021 Naval Architecture When I first heard the term naval architecture I thought it was the artistic practice of designing beautiful boats. It turns out it's a proper scientific discipline dedicated to the engineering of ships. Over the course of this article we'll go over different aspects of naval architecture. I'll explain how ships are propelled, what makes them stay afloat, and how they're carefully designed to not tip over even in dynamic conditions: To understan

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