Metals in Boats

Metals have been used in boats for thousands of years, as components of the vessel's construction, as load-bearing parts of the rigging and steering systems, and for a wide variety of domestic and service duties.

About the author

Vyv Cox is a Chartered Engineer with specialism in metallurgy and mechanical engineering. For more than thirty years he was employed in the diagnosis of engineering failures with an oil and gas multinational. Since retirement his skills have turned to leisure craft equipment, writing about them in Yachting Monthly and other periodicals.

Summary

Metals have been used in boats for thousands of years, as components of the vessel's construction, as load-bearing parts of the rigging and steering systems. This book explains how a wide variety of metal alloys may best be selected, formed and manufactured to give optimum performance in the typical conditions of a sailing or powered vessel.

Product details

• Authors: Vyv Cox
• Publisher: Wiley
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.05.2017
• EAN: 9781785002625
• ISBN: 978-1-78500-262-5
• Dimensions: 172 mm x 242 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 493 g
• Illustrations: 90 colour photographs 20 diagrams, Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert, Raster, farbig, Diagramme
• Subjects: Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Ships; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Miscellaneous; TRANSPORTATION / Ships & Shipbuilding / Repair & Maintenance, Boatbuilding & maintenance, Boatbuilding and maintenance