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January 30, 2024

Aircraft Carrier Victorious Detailed in the Original Builders’ Plans

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Free Download Aircraft Carrier Victorious: Detailed in the Original Builders’ Plans by David Hobbs
English | November 1, 2018 | ISBN: 1526737345 | 176 pages | EPUB | 5.91 Mb
The technical details of British warships were recorded in a set of plans produced by the builders on completion of every ship. Known as the "as fitted" general arrangements, these drawings represented the exact appearance and fitting of the ship as it entered service. Intended to provide a permanent reference for the Admiralty and the dockyards, these highly detailed plans were drawn with exquisite skill in multi-colored inks and washes that represent the acme of the draughtsman’s art. HMS Victorious was a ship with two almost separate incarnations – as built in 1941 she was one of a new type of armored aircraft carrier which saw arduous wartime service; post-war the ship underwent a massive reconstruction lasting nearly eight years that saw her recommission in 1958 as one of the best equipped carriers in the world.

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September 28, 2023

Universal Carrier 1936-48 The ‘Bren Gun Carrier’ Story

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Free Download Tony Bryan, "Universal Carrier 1936-48: The ‘Bren Gun Carrier’ Story"
English | 2005 | pages: 50 | ISBN: 1841768138 | PDF | 2,7 mb
The Universal Carrier was a fast, lightly armed vehicle developed by the British Army to carry infantry across ground defended by small-arms fire, specifically the Bren light machine gun, hence the name ‘Bren Gun Carrier’. This name would stick with the Universal Carrier and all of its future variants. This book details the Carrier, which was employed in a number of roles including carrying ammunition and towing anti-aircraft guns and trailers. All Allies used the Universal Carrier extensively during practically every World War II campaign. By the war’s end, the Universal Carrier had proved itself to be an invaluable and successful cross-country vehicle that was both agile and fast for its time.

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September 28, 2023

US Navy Carrier Aircraft vs IJN Yamato Class Battleships Pacific Theater 1944-45

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Free Download Jim Laurier, "US Navy Carrier Aircraft vs IJN Yamato Class Battleships: Pacific Theater 1944-45"
English | 2015 | pages: 81 | ISBN: 1472808495 | PDF | 10,0 mb
As the Pacific War approached a crescendo, the clashes between swarming US Navy carrier aircraft, and the gigantic Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) Yamato-class battleships became symbolic of the fortunes of the two nations. They also served as a metaphor for the profound changes in naval technology and doctrine that the war had brought about. The two opposing forces were the most powerful of their kind – the Japanese Yamato and Musashi were the biggest most heavily armored and armed battleships ever built, while US carrier aviation had evolved into a well-oiled, war-winning machine. With detailed analysis of the technical features of the opposing war machines and a gripping account of the fighting itself, this vividly illustrated work presents views from the cockpits of US Navy Divebombers, and down the sights of IJN anti-aircraft guns, during two of the most dramatic naval engagements ever fought. After proving at Pearl Harbor that even the mightiest battleships were vulnerable to air attack, the Japanese would be forced to re-learn the lesson as the American Helldiver and Avenger bomber crews battered and eventually sunk the last remaining jewels of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Never again would a surface fleet be the dominant power at sea.

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March 31, 2023

Oxygen-Carrier-Aided Combustion Technology for Solid-Fuel Conversion in Fluidized Bed

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Free Download Oxygen-Carrier-Aided Combustion Technology for Solid-Fuel Conversion in Fluidized Bed
English | 2023 | ISBN: 981199126X | 205 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 32 MB
This open access book surveys the development of OCAC technology in the last decade for solid fuel conversion in fluidized beds. The scientific concerns, including combustion and emission characteristics, ash-related problems, OC aging, and so on, are summarized and analyzed. Beyond this, new concepts like OCAC with Oxy-PFBC, OCAC coupled with staged fuel conversion, OCAC in rotatory kilns and multi-functional OCAC are proposed, so as to promote the applications of OCAC to various fields in the future. Moreover, this book also outlines the perspectives for future research and development of OCAC. As an emerging technology, extensive studies and investigations are still necessary to fill in the gap from the fundamental understanding of the technology to its industrial demonstrations. Nevertheless, we believe that this book provides novel insights for the readership of energy and combustion and stimulate meaningful follow-on research on OCAC technology.

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