MATHEMATICAL SHIP LOFTING AND NUMERICAL CONTROL OF SHIPYARD FABRICATING EQUIPMENT. VOLUME 2, PART 2. OPERATING MANUAL, APPENDIX A THROUGH C

A method of fairing ships' hulls and obtaining a surface equation representing the ship's hull through the use of linear programming is presented. Methods for producing loft data from this equation are also presented. Operation of the mathematical lofting system is described. Instructions for the computer programs and program listings are given. (Author)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See MRIS #027572, AD-406712, Mathematical Ship Lofting, Part 2; Operating Manual, Appendix D through K; and MRIS #027576, Volume 6.
• Corporate Authors:

  Todd Shipyards Corporation

  Los Angeles Division
  San Pedro, CA  United States 
• Publication Date: 1963-3

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automation; Control systems; Layout
• Old TRIS Terms: Lofting
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00027571
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: TR1001 Final Rpt
• Contract Numbers: Nobs 4427
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 9 1973 12:00AM