Many numerical tools are available in the yacht design domain to predict yacht performances. These are based on experimental data and well-established numerical techniques. However, being competitive sailing an uncertainty-rich discipline, there is also a need to assess the performances of a...

The principal objective of this dissertation is to position the firm of N Hingley & Sons Limited in its rightful place in the economic history of the Black Country and of Britain in the period 1890 to 1918. As an original contribution to knowledge of the subject, the study focuses on a modestly...

During recent years increasing interest has been shown in the theoretical calculation of three dimensional ship motions using singularity distribution methods and the coupled element method. Any practical calculation, particularly for a surface ship requires an efficient numerical scheme for...