Geometry for Naval Architects

Adrian B. Biran received his MSc and DSc from Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, as well as a Diplomat Engineer degree from the Bucharest Polytechnic Institute. He worked extensively in design in Romania (at IPRONAV-The Institute of Ship Projects, the Bucharest Studios and IPA-The Institute of Automation Projects) and in Israel (at the Israel Shipyards and the Technion Research and Development Foundation). Dr. Biran has also worked as a project instructor in Romania at the Technical Military Academy and in Israel at the Ben Gurion University. He has taught subjects including Machine Design, Engineering Drawing, and Naval Architecture. He has authored several papers on subjects such as computational linguistics and computer simulations of marine systems and subjects belonging to Ship Design. He is also the author of Ship Hydrostatics and Stability, Second Edition (BH).

• Section I: Traditional Methods1. Elements of descriptive geometry2. The hull surface - Graphic definition3. Geometric properties of plane figuresSection II: Differential Geometry4. Parametric curves5. Curvature6. SurfacesSection III: Computer Methods7. Cubic splines8. Geometrical transformations9. Bezier curves10. B-splines and NURBS11. Computer representation of surfacesSection IV: Applications in Naval Architecture12. Applications to naval-architectural software13. Hull transformations by computer software14. Conformal mapping15. Answers to selected exercises