enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Hull speed - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hull_speed

    Hull speed or displacement speed is the speed at which the wavelength of a vessel's bow wave is equal to the waterline length of the vessel. As boat speed increases from rest, the wavelength of the bow wave increases, and usually its crest-to-trough dimension (height) increases as well.

  3. Displacement - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Displacement

    Displacement hull, where the moving hull's weight is supported by buoyancy alone and it must displace water from its path rather than planing on the water's surface; Displacement speed, a rule of thumb for non planing watercraft to estimate their theoretical maximum speed; Displacement (ship), the weight of a ship

  4. Glossary of physics - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_physics

    chemical physics A branch of chemistry and physics that studies chemical processes from the point of view of physics by investigating physicochemical phenomena using techniques from atomic and molecular physics and condensed matter physics. chromatic aberration circular motion classical mechanics. Also called Newtonian mechanics.

  5. Wave-making resistance - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave-making_resistance

    The hull is now starting to climb its own bow wave, and resistance begins to increase at a very high rate. While it is possible to drive a displacement hull faster than a speed-length ratio of 1.34, it is prohibitively expensive to do so. Most large vessels operate at speed-length ratios well below that level, at speed-length ratios of under 1.0.

  6. Displacement (ship) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Displacement_(ship)

    Standard displacement, also known as "Washington displacement", is a specific term defined by the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922. [11] "It is the displacement of the ship complete, fully manned, engined, and equipped ready for sea, including all armament and ammunition, equipment, outfit, provisions and fresh water for crew, miscellaneous ...

  7. Glossary of chemistry terms - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_chemistry_terms

    Also acid ionization constant or acidity constant. A quantitative measure of the strength of an acid in solution expressed as an equilibrium constant for a chemical dissociation reaction in the context of acid-base reactions. It is often given as its base-10 cologarithm, p K a. acid–base extraction A chemical reaction in which chemical species are separated from other acids and bases. acid ...

  8. Displacement (fluid) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Displacement_(fluid)

    In fluid mechanics, displacement occurs when an object is largely immersed in a fluid, pushing it out of the way and taking its place. The volume of the fluid displaced can then be measured, and from this, the volume of the immersed object can be deduced: the volume of the immersed object will be exactly equal to the volume of the displaced fluid.

  9. List of physical quantities - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_physical_quantities

    Measure of sustained displacement: the first integral with respect to time of displacement m⋅s L T: vector Acceleration: a →: Rate of change of velocity per unit time: the second time derivative of position m/s 2: L T −2: vector Angular acceleration: ω a: Change in angular velocity per unit time rad/s 2: T −2: pseudovector Angular ...