References for Ship Structures:
1 Hughes, Owen, Ship Structural Design, SNAME. It has a lot of information suitable for both undergraduate and graduate courses and provides significantly more detail than PNA Vol. 1.
2 Tupper, Introduction to Naval Architecture, SNAME. Chapter 7 summarizes the entire ship structures course! A great way to get the big picture of this course.
3 Gilmer and Johnson, Introduction to Naval Architecture, Naval Institute. It has a good overview of the ship structures design procedure.
4 SNAME books: Ship Design and Construction, Ship Structural Design,
5 Fiberglass Boat Design and Construction,
6 Principles of Naval Architecture Vols. I, II & III. Naval architecture industry handbooks.
7 Gerr, The Elements of Boat Strength, McGraw-Hill, 2000. Describes common small craft building methods and includes a simple, but conservative, scantlings rule.
8 Higgins, R. A., Properties of Engineering Materials, Industrial Press. An excellent and low-cost materials science and
processing reference.
9 Roark’s Formulas for Stress and Strain, McGraw-Hill. Everything you thought you needed to know about beam and plate analysis.
10 Muckle, W., Strength of Ship Structures, Edw. Arnold, Ltd., London, 1967. (Out of Print). A classic.
11 Structural Design Manual for Naval Surface Ships, NAVSEA 0900-LP-097-4010, Naval Sea Systems Command, 1976.
12 Evans, J.H. (editor), Ship Structural Design Concepts, Ship Structure Committee (SSC), Washington, DC, 1974.
13 J.H. Evans (Editor), Ship Structural Design Concepts: Second Cycle, Cornell Maritime Press, Centerville, MD, 1983.
14 St.Dennis, M., On the Structural Design of the Midship Section, DTMB Report C555, Oct. 1954.
15 Manual of the Properties of Combined Beam and Plate: Part I - Tees and Angles, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC. A reference manual.
16 Rockey, K.C., et. al., The Finite Element Method, Crosby Lockwood Staples, 1975.
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