<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>47</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Robbins, J F</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1537. Destroyer Synthesis Computer Algorithm (DESCA)</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">42nd Annual Conference, Anaheim, California, May 23-25</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">13. Weight Engineering - Marine</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1983</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">5/23/83</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.sawe.org/store/product_info.php?products_id=40178</style></url></web-urls></urls><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Society of Allied Weight Engineers, Inc.</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Anaheim, California</style></pub-location><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">34</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The Destroyer Synthesis Computer Algorithm (DESCA) program was developed to reduce the convergence 
time in the feasibility/concept design process for destroyer-type ships. The program is designed to 
satisfy given stability requirements, i.e., beam to GM ratio. The program is an interactive type of 
model that queries the user in order to establish ship parameters. The program calculates various 
ship parameters such as ship size (length, beam, depth and draft), ship's internal volumes, weights,
and centers of gravity.  This program has proven to be an effective tool in establishing a baseline
weight estimate. It has saved considerable time in establishing starting points for feasibility studies. </style></abstract><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">13. WEIGHT ENGINEERING - MARINE</style></work-type><accession-num><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1537</style></accession-num><custom1><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Non-Member Price: $21.42. Members may download this paper for free. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sawe.org/dms&quot;&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt;. (Login Required. See SAWE &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sawe.org/faq&quot;&gt;Frequently Asked Questions&lt;/a&gt;.)</style></custom1></record></records></xml>