Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

centro de deriva

English translation:

centre/center of lateral resistance

Added to glossary by Ventnai
Jul 7, 2006 10:30
17 yrs ago
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Spanish term

centro de deriva

Spanish to English Tech/Engineering Ships, Sailing, Maritime Boat design
Sobre el perfil de la embarcación (fig.1) hemos dibujado en rojo la obra viva, para calcular la posición del centro de deriva con respecto al centro vélico determinado por Folguera;

This is about the design of a yacht

Discussion

Ventnai (asker) Jul 7, 2006:
Thanks Sassa

Proposed translations

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center of lateral resistance

or center of lateral plane

(It's the center of effort of the underwater body of the hull as opposed to the sail area center and determines the balance of the boat under sail)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Gràcies"
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centre of flotation

centre of flotation of the water plane


Kayak Design Terms | Guillemot Kayaks - [ Traduzca esta página ]Longitudinal Center of Flotation behind Amidship (in), The location of the geometric center of the waterplane area relative to the middle of the boat. ...
www.guillemot-kayaks.com/guillemot/DesignTerms - 19k - En caché - Páginas similares


Equilibrium and Stability: Basics - [ Traduzca esta página ]The center of flotation is the geometric center of the waterplane area of the body. Its physical significance stems from the fact that for small angles of ...
web.nps.navy.mil/~me/tsse/ NavArchWeb/1/module4/basics.htm - 29k - En caché - Páginas similares


Nautical Terminology - [ Traduzca esta página ]Centre of flotation (F). This is the centre of gravity of the area, or centroid, of the water-plane of a ship. For small angles of trim consecutive ...
www.dynagen.co.za/eugene/hulls/terms.html - 19k - En caché - Páginas similares


[PDF] CLASS 2-1 SHIP STABILITYFormato de archivo: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Versión en HTML
8.1.2.1 Moment of inertia (second moment of area) of the water-plane area. 8.2. METACENTRIC DIAGRAMS ... LONGITUDINAL CENTRE OF FLOTATION (LCF or F) ...
www.seamanship.co.uk/products_/books/ship_stability.pdf

Peer comment(s):

agree sassa : http://www.tedbrewer.com/yachtdesign.html
3 mins
Thanks!MLD
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