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The Adlard Coles Book of Diesel Engines
Bloomsbury Publishing 2013; US$ 23.99The Adlard Coles Book of Diesel Engines is aimed at boatowners rather than experienced mechanics. In clear, jargon-free English it explains how a diesel engine works, and how to look after it, and takes into account developments in engine technology. This fourth edition has been thoroughly updated and illustrated with new full-colour photos and diagrams.... more...
Reeds Vol 6
Bloomsbury Publishing 2013; Not AvailableThis book provides a comprehensive coverage of the basic theoretical work required by marine engineering officers and electrotechnical officers (ETOs), putting into place key fundamental building blocks and topics in electrotechnology before progressing to more complex topics and electromagnetic systems. Revisions will include important new material... more...
Bunker Quality Claims: Streitigkeiten über die Qualität von Schiffsbrennstoffen
Diplomica Verlag 2012; US$ 48.52Hauptbeschreibung Bunker, als generischer Name von Schifffahrtskraftstoffen, ist in den letzten Jahren ein Hauptkostenbestandteil beim Betrieb von Handelsschiffen geworden. Die Kostenerhöhung des Kraftstoffs, sinkende Qualität und striktere Umweltregularien haben zu einem Anstieg von Auseinandersetzungen in der geschäftlichen Dreiecksbeziehung zwischen... more...
MARINE 2011, IV International Conference on Computational Methods in Marine Engineering
Springer 2013; US$ 99.99This book contains selected papers from the Fourth International Conference on Computational Methods in Marine Engineering, held at Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal in September 2011. Nowadays, computational methods are an essential tool of engineering, which includes a major field of interest in marine... more...
See You Jimmy!
Neil Wilson Publishing 2013; US$ 7.29Allan Morrison has produced another Xmas cracker with 'See you Jimmy!' The Humour, The People and the Patter o' The Clyde Shipyards, a natural follow-up to the adventures of Big Aggie MacDonald, the Glasgow tramcar clippie in 'Cummoangetaff!'. Featuring the sorts of high-jinks and capers as made famous by the likes of Billy Connelly, Chick Murray,... more...
Framework for Quantifying Uncertainty in Electric Ship Design
RAND Corporation 2004; US$ 9.95RAND presents a framework for assessing various components of electric drive propulsion for naval vessels and determining their effects on overall ship performance. more...
The Ocean Engineering Handbook
CRC Press 2000; US$ 149.95This text provides coverage of important areas of oceanic and coastal engineering, from mathematical modelling to implementation. Designed as a handbook, this text offers a close look at the present state of ocean engineering, including thorough coverage of fiber optics and position control theory. more...
Navalisme nekt onderzeeboot
Amsterdam University Press 2011; US$ 78.50Dit boek geeft een belangrijk nieuw inzicht in de Nederlandse marinestrategie vanaf het begin van de twintigste eeuw tot aan de Japanse aanval op Nederlands-Indië. more...
Nicolaes Witsen and Shipbuilding in the Dutch Golden Age
Texas A&M University Press 2012; US$ 120.00In 1671, Dutch diplomat and scientist Nicolaes Witsen published a book that served, among other things, as an encyclopedia for the ?shell-first? method of ship construction. In the centuries since, Witsen?s rather convoluted text has also become a valuable source for insights into historical shipbuilding methods and philosophies during the ?Golden... more...









