There are a bunch of links here and it is quite an excellent page
that, in my opinion deserves it own posting. Roger Long are you the
naval arch. who bought your boat from a fresh water lake, Erie or
Michigan? I hope you enjoy this page......
http://web.usna.navy.mil/~phmiller/usna1.html
Associate Prof. Paul H. Miller
Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering Department
United States Naval Academy
Some of the links are HTML some are PDF's and others are Power Point
Presentations.....
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http://web.usna.navy.mil/~phmiller/J...24fatigue.html
This page briefly describes a project that looked at fatigue effects
on marine fiberglass. The project's goal was to correlate (and improve
where possible) standard test methods, theory and computer-aided
analysis tools to give designers more confidence when developing
specifications for marine composite components.
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New Navy 44 Midshipmen and TAD Ensign Projects
Velocity Prediction Program Study
Naval Architecture Senior Design Project
Material Selection Study
Impact panel video (Navy 44 vs. Navy 44)
Impact panel video (Navy 44 vs. J/24)
Full-scale impact video!
Tank Testing for Resistance
Tank Testing for Grounding
Rudder research final presentation (this is a 25 MB file!)
Lifeline research (IBEX 2000)
Summary Paper for 2003 CSYS (1.2 MB pdf) PowerPoint
Trident Project: CFD vs Tank Testing with VPP Correlation (report)
(PowerPoint) (article)
Student Projects for Safety at Sea 2005
Other Projects!
Research on fatigue of fiberglass sailboat hulls (J/24's)
Fiberglass Fatigue PowerPoint presentation
Marine Composites PowerPoint
Seaworthy Yacht Design (Safety at Sea 2000) PowerPoint
Offshore Yacht Attributes (SMSA 2004) PowerPoint
Safety Factors in Naval Architecture (Safety at Sea 2002) PowerPoint
Sailboat Stability and Structure (Safety at Sea 2003) PowerPoint
Finite Element Analysis in Small Craft Design (IBEX2002) PowerPoint
Risk Management in Sailing (Safety at Sea 2004) PowerPoint
CFD for Small Craft (IBEX 2003) PowerPoint
Composites - Engineering Basics (IBEX2004) PowerPoint
Trident Project: Carbon-Bladed YP Prop (Presentation, Report)
http://web.usna.navy.mil/~phmiller/jokes.htm
"Normal people ... believe that if it isn't broken, don't fix it.
Engineers believe that if it isn't broken, it doesn't have enough
features yet."
" To the optimist, the glass is half full. To the pessimist, the glass
is half-empty. To the engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs
to be."