Sentence examples for Light displacement from inspiring English sources
Many floating offshore wind turbine (FOWT) concepts are light displacement platforms moored in shallow water and exposed to significant storms with high winds.
To take advantage of these rules, flat-bodied hulls were developed with long overhangs and light displacement; the resulting skimming-dish type was exemplified in the defender of the America's Cup of 1903, the Reliance, which had overhangs totaling more than 50 feet (15 m) on a waterline length of about 90 feet (27 m).
By tracing a randomly applied high contrast speckle pattern using white light, displacement and strain within the specimen can be calculated from subsequent images.
As shown in Fig. 3c, the first order of the diffraction point position cannot accurately calculate the light displacement due to the coupling effects of the displacement and the deflection.
The ship had a designed speed of 32 kn, but during sea trials on 12 October 1944, she reached 32.71 kn at the light displacement of 18144 LT.
Although still overweight compared to her designed displacement, the modifications made the ship lighter than her sister ships, at 9344 LT light displacement and a metacentric height of 3.59 feet.
With lighter displacement and a cut-away forefoot, she was superior to the old boat in performance.Only a few years after Dyarchy, my father designed perhaps the most revolutionary light-displacement ocean-racing yacht of all time, Myth of Malham.
Ship-owners and buyers negotiate scrap prices based on factors such as the ship's empty weight (called light ton displacement or LDT) and prices in the scrap metal market.
The Japanese and Europeans are known for smaller, lighter, lower displacement sports cars, whereas the Americans are known for heaver, higher displacement cars.
Results of the calibration tests show a logarithmic function relationship between light loss and displacement with two calibrated parameters.
Light weight and displacement at several stages are estimated in the mass estimation module based on surface area and hull volume.
