CFV: sci.engr.marine.hydrodynamics

[Colin R. Leech]

Reposted from news.announce.newgroups. Please READ the voting instructions!

In a previous posting, Ron "Asbestos" Dippold (rdip...@qualcomm.com) writes:
> FIRST CALL FOR VOTES (of 2)
> unmoderated group sci.engr.marine.hydrodynamics
>
> Newsgroups line:
> sci.engr.marine.hydrodynamics Marine Hydrodynamics.
>
> Votes must be received by 23:59:59 UTC, 26 January 1995.
>
> This vote is being conducted by a neutral third party. For voting
> questions only contact rdip...@qualcomm.com. For questions about the
> proposed group contact Haavard Holm <hh...@mari1.marina.unit.no>
>
>
> CHARTER
>
> The proposed unmoderated newsgroup sci.engr.marine.hydrodynamics will be a
> newsgroup for people interested in marine hydrodynamics.
>
> What is 'Marine Hydrodynamics' ?
>
> Marine Hydrodynamics is a major topic within naval architecture and marine
> engineering. Professor J.N. Newman at MIT gave an introductory description
> in his book 'Marine Hydrodynamics':
> "The applications of hydrodynamics to naval architecture and ocean
> engineering cover many separate topics and range over a broad level of
> sophistication. The topics are as diverse as the propulsion and
> steering of ships and the behavior in waves of a moored buoy or
> oil-drilling platform. The former are classical problems of naval
> architecture, predated only by Archimedean hydrostatics. The buoy and
> platform problems are more recent from the standpoint of scientific
> and engineering analyses. The degree of sophistication varies from
> empirical design methodology to theoretical research activities whose
> justification is based on long-range hopes of application."
>
> The purpose of sci.engr.marine.hydrodynamics is to:
>
> 1) Establish a world wide public notice board where the engineering
> industry, regulatory bodies, universities, research institutions and
> others can exchange informations regarding Marine Hydrodynamics.
>
> 2) Discuss theoretical, numerical and empirical methods related to
> Marine Hydrodynamics.
>
> 3) A place to initiate new contacts.
>
> 4) Bring up or continue discussions that don't fit the tight time schedules
> at conferences or workshops.
>
> 5) A place where people can raise questions and collect information
> about state-of-the-art.
>
> 6) Announce information of general interest to the community of Marine
> Hydrodynamics. E.g. conferences, workshops, projects, scholarships,
> publications etc.
>
>
> RATIONALE
>
> Why does Marine Hydrodynamics need a newsgroup of its own?
>
> Today there exist several groups related to hydrodynamics. Those groups
> are dedicated to geophysics, or the science of general fluid mechanics.
> The field of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering needs a group
> dedicated to engineering applications of the theoretical and experimental
> study of modern and classical Marine Hydrodynamics.
>
> Major universities like for instance NTH and MIT have their own departments
> for Marine Hydrodynamics in addition to traditional fluid/math/mechanics
> departments.
>
> Based on feedback from discussions for instance on sci.engr the needs
> for the group sci.engr.marine.hydrodynamics is striking!
>
> Why 'sci.engr.marine.hydrodynamics' instead of
> 'sci.engr.marine-hydrodynamics' ?
>
> Based on feed back from the community there will be other groups
> for marine engineering in the future.
>
>
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Colin R. Leech |-> Civil Engineer by training,
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