Have you consulted the following texts that cover the subject:
"Marine Engineering" published by the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineering
"Modern Marine Engineers Manual" published by Cornell Maritime Press
Suggest that you read Chapter 27 of "Modern Marine Engineers Manual", Vol II, 3rd Edition published by Cornell Maritime Press, Centreville, Maryland, USA.
Clair
I assume you are looking for good references. They are:
1. "Steam/ Its Generation and Use", 39th Edition, Babcock & Wilcox
2. "Combustion / Fossil Power Systems", 3rd Edition, Combustion Engineering, Inc.
3. 'Modern Marine Engineer's Manual". 3rd Edition, Cornell...
"Modern Marine Engineer's Manual", Volume I, Third Edition published by Cornell Maritime Press is a good source of information on gas turbines for marine application. "Marine Gas Turbines" published by John Wiley and Sons is another source.
Clair
I suggest you read the introductory chapters on one or more of the many text books in the field. You may wish to start with the first three chapter of "Engineering Economic Analysis" by Donald G. Newman.
Clair
If you have a modest experience with Fortran, the best text
is the guide and reference books which come with the compiler that you are using. There are also numerous texts providing libraries of mathematical sub-routines which save you time and effort in writing routines already available. One...
There are many fine, but old, texts on steam and gas turbines. I suggest that you start with Salisbury,J.K.; "Steam Turbines and Their Cycles"; John Wiley and Sons, Inc; 1950. Stodola, A.; "Steam and Gas Turbines"; Peter Smith; 1945
Church, E.F.; "Steam Turbines"...
The Maritime Administaration publishes data on worldwide shipbuilding costs. It is available to everyone perhaps for a small fee. I suggest you e-mail them and ask for name of publication.<br>
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It you are doing research in ship costs, you may wish to get a copy of "Marine Engineering...
