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Need books, articles, website to design a canoe (concrete)
Hi,
I'm looking for books, articles or websites that refer to canoe design. I'm a part of a group of students that will built a concrete canoe. More precisely I would like to know if there is a formula that describes the canoe theorical velocity given a canoe design (shape and rugosity of the canoe) I have found a formula on a website which describe the theorical velocity (W. Froude) of the canoe; V=2.26(L)^0.5 where V is the theorical velocity (ft/s) and L (feets) the length of the canoe, but would like to know in which type of books (fluide mechanics or hydraulics(names of the books-chapters)) I would find the formula mentionned above and other formulas that would help me understand what I need to consider when designing a canoe. I have search in mechanical fluids and hydraulics but have not been able to find such a formula, so I was wondering if I was looking in the rigth type of books? If you can be of any help, pointing me in the right direction I will really appreciate it. Thanks for your time and help. Pablo (remove213) |
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Need books, articles, website to design a canoe (concrete)
if you have $1,000 you can buy a canoe hull design program which will give
you the optimum hull under your constraints, ie least resistance. there used to be a spreadsheet type canoe hull analysis on John Winter's website which may give you an advantage over your competition. try a Google search on his name. you can download a free DOS hull program from www.bluepeterdesign.com which will give you waterline length, wetted surface, draft and some other useful numbers if you give it a table of offsets for your hull. it does not calculate hull resistance. count on spending half a day learning how to use the program. "Pablo" ) writes: Hi, I'm looking for books, articles or websites that refer to canoe design. I'm a part of a group of students that will built a concrete canoe. More precisely I would like to know if there is a formula that describes the canoe theorical velocity given a canoe design (shape and rugosity of the canoe) I have found a formula on a website which describe the theorical velocity (W. Froude) of the canoe; V=2.26(L)^0.5 where V is the theorical velocity (ft/s) and L (feets) the length of the canoe, but would like to know in which type of books (fluide mechanics or hydraulics(names of the books-chapters)) I would find the formula mentionned above and other formulas that would help me understand what I need to consider when designing a canoe. I have search in mechanical fluids and hydraulics but have not been able to find such a formula, so I was wondering if I was looking in the rigth type of books? If you can be of any help, pointing me in the right direction I will really appreciate it. Thanks for your time and help. Pablo (remove213) -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ William R Watt National Capital FreeNet Ottawa's free community network homepage: www.ncf.ca/~ag384/top.htm warning: non-freenet email must have "notspam" in subject or it's returned |
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Need books, articles, website to design a canoe (concrete)
I forgot to mention Ted Moore's "Canoecraft" which has lines and tables of
offsets for 6 canoes. You can see in them the difference between canoes desinged for speed and canoes desinged for carrying capacity and canoes designed for rough water. Most books on canoeing describe the different hull shapes and what they do best. I'd check the public library. "Pablo" ) writes: Hi, I'm looking for books, articles or websites that refer to canoe design. I'm a part of a group of students that will built a concrete canoe. More precisely I would like to know if there is a formula that describes the canoe theorical velocity given a canoe design (shape and rugosity of the canoe) I have found a formula on a website which describe the theorical velocity (W. Froude) of the canoe; V=2.26(L)^0.5 where V is the theorical velocity (ft/s) and L (feets) the length of the canoe, but would like to know in which type of books (fluide mechanics or hydraulics(names of the books-chapters)) I would find the formula mentionned above and other formulas that would help me understand what I need to consider when designing a canoe. I have search in mechanical fluids and hydraulics but have not been able to find such a formula, so I was wondering if I was looking in the rigth type of books? If you can be of any help, pointing me in the right direction I will really appreciate it. Thanks for your time and help. Pablo (remove213) -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ William R Watt National Capital FreeNet Ottawa's free community network homepage: www.ncf.ca/~ag384/top.htm warning: non-freenet email must have "notspam" in subject or it's returned |
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Need books, articles, website to design a canoe (concrete)
there is a newgroup:
git.ce.concrete.canoe go figure! Pablo wrote in message . .. Hi, I'm looking for books, articles or websites that refer to canoe design. I'm a part of a group of students that will built a concrete canoe. More precisely I would like to know if there is a formula that describes the canoe theorical velocity given a canoe design (shape and rugosity of the canoe) I have found a formula on a website which describe the theorical velocity (W. Froude) of the canoe; V=2.26(L)^0.5 where V is the theorical velocity (ft/s) and L (feets) the length of the canoe, but would like to know in which type of books (fluide mechanics or hydraulics(names of the books-chapters)) I would find the formula mentionned above and other formulas that would help me understand what I need to consider when designing a canoe. I have search in mechanical fluids and hydraulics but have not been able to find such a formula, so I was wondering if I was looking in the rigth type of books? If you can be of any help, pointing me in the right direction I will really appreciate it. Thanks for your time and help. Pablo (remove213) |
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Need books, articles, website to design a canoe (concrete)
Concrete canoe? I was hoping for bed sheets and coat hanger wire! Seriously though, did anyone see the blue tarp and PVC pipe canoe that someone made? Broke in two about 15' off the bank... Brian -- My boat project: http://www.advantagecomposites.com/tongass "John" wrote in message news there is a newgroup: git.ce.concrete.canoe go figure! Pablo wrote in message . .. Hi, I'm looking for books, articles or websites that refer to canoe design. I'm a part of a group of students that will built a concrete canoe. More precisely I would like to know if there is a formula that describes the canoe theorical velocity given a canoe design (shape and rugosity of the canoe) I have found a formula on a website which describe the theorical velocity (W. Froude) of the canoe; V=2.26(L)^0.5 where V is the theorical velocity (ft/s) and L (feets) the length of the canoe, but would like to know in which type of books (fluide mechanics or hydraulics(names of the books-chapters)) I would find the formula mentionned above and other formulas that would help me understand what I need to consider when designing a canoe. I have search in mechanical fluids and hydraulics but have not been able to find such a formula, so I was wondering if I was looking in the rigth type of books? If you can be of any help, pointing me in the right direction I will really appreciate it. Thanks for your time and help. Pablo (remove213) |
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Need books, articles, website to design a canoe (concrete)
Hi,
Thanks for the answers, It is greatly appreciated. "Pablo" wrote in message . .. Hi, I'm looking for books, articles or websites that refer to canoe design. I'm a part of a group of students that will built a concrete canoe. More precisely I would like to know if there is a formula that describes the canoe theorical velocity given a canoe design (shape and rugosity of the canoe) I have found a formula on a website which describe the theorical velocity (W. Froude) of the canoe; V=2.26(L)^0.5 where V is the theorical velocity (ft/s) and L (feets) the length of the canoe, but would like to know in which type of books (fluide mechanics or hydraulics(names of the books-chapters)) I would find the formula mentionned above and other formulas that would help me understand what I need to consider when designing a canoe. I have search in mechanical fluids and hydraulics but have not been able to find such a formula, so I was wondering if I was looking in the rigth type of books? If you can be of any help, pointing me in the right direction I will really appreciate it. Thanks for your time and help. Pablo (remove213) |
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