Sec. 49.17 MATHEMATICAL LINES FOR SHIPS 205 



flachencurven (Exact Watcrlines and Transverse- (c) Square moment of area about a longitudinal 



Section Curves)," Schiffbau, 15 Apr 1934, pp. axis 



120-121; 1 May 1934, pp. 135-142 (d) Square moment of area about a transverse axis. 



(10) Benson, F. W., "Mathematical Ship's Lines," INA, (12) Lackenby, H., "On the Systematic Geometrical 



1940, pp. 129-151 Variation of Ship Forms," INA, Jul 1950, pp. 289- 



(11) Sparks, W. J. C, "A New Method of Approximate 316 



Quadrature," INA, 1943, pp. 104-117. This paper (13) Thieme, H., "Systematische Entwicklung von 



gives approximate methods for calculating the SchifBinien (Systematic Development of Ship 



following from the values of a few ordinates taken Lines)," Schiff und Hafen, Jul 1952, pp. 241-245. 



from a ship curve, based upon fitting a 5th-order On page 245 there is a list of 31 references, 



parabola to that curve: (14) Taggart, R., "Mathematical Fairing of Ships' Lines 



(a) Area or fullness coefficient for Mold Loft Layout," ASNE, May 1955, pp. 



(b) Center of area 337-357. 



