Hydrofoil Handbook
Subtitle: Volume I Design of Hydrofoil Craft
Series: Hydrofoil research project
Publisher: Bath Iron Works Corp
Published: 1954
Place of publication: New York
Number of pages: 253
Description: The Hydrofoil Handbook is subdivided into two volumes. This first volume presents the more general aspects of design and development of hydrofoil craft, as distinct from the more specific hydrodynamic information in the second volume. All that can be said at this time regarding configuration and general design of hydrofoil systems is presented in a form which is believed to be understandable to the engineer engaged in the art of hydrofoil-craft design.
Notes: "Hydrofoil research project for Office of Naval Research, Navy Department, Washington, D.C."
Prepared by Gibbs and Cox, Inc. acting as the design agent of the Bath Iron Works Corporation under Office of Naval Research contract NONR-507 (00).
Distribution Statement: APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE