The naval architect must have a basic knowledge of everything that relates to her construction. He must consider the choice of materials (steel, aluminium, wood, plastics) and relate his assessments to the individual vessel's displacement, tonnage, and measurement, trim, stability, freeboard, seaworthiness, steering, speed, and propulsion. He must also be competent to advise on the choice of engine and boiler design which will provide the power required, and to-day the nuclear powered ship foreshadows immense new design possibilities. Nor is this all; the naval architect must possess practical knowledge of a ship's auxiliary machinery, electrical, refrigerating and air-conditioning, ventilation, life-saving equipment, winches and lifting tackle. He must also be conversant with docking requirements, ship repairing, shipyard practice generally, and be experienced in the several main factory processes, welding etc. Of considerable design importance today is a full appreciation and knowledge of hydrodynamics and the value of ship model experiment work carried out in the several testing tanks, e.g. at UTM Johor.
Top 10 richest Malaysians in 2014: Malaysia now boasts a total of eighteen billionaires, up from fourteen a year ago! Let's now take a look at the ten of the richest locals in 2014. As many Malaysians are well aware of, our country is going through a period of lows; our currency, the Ringgit, is weakening, we are experiencing a slowing economy and a lackluster stock market. All these come together to affect those who are earning a regular salary. But all of it is probably nothing more than an extra shrug from the guys on this list – if at all. In fact, some of those on the Forbes’ Malaysia’s Richest Tycoon list (ie the richest Malaysians, as of March 2014) have seen their fortunes increase as well, due to shrewd business decisions (amongst other things) despite economic conditions. Malaysia now boasts a total of eighteen billionaires, up from fourteen a year ago! Let’s now take a look at the ten of the richest locals in 2014. Source: Forbes’ Malaysia’s 50 Richest List Number 10: ...
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