Table of Contents

1: Basic Hydrodynamics.- 2: The Actuator Surface.- 3: The Ship Screw.- 4: Unsteady Propulsion.- 5: Optimization Theory.- 6: Applications of optimization Theory.- 7: On the Existence of Optimum Propulsion.- Appendices.- A. The Hilbert Problem.- A.1. The Formulas of Plemelj.- A.2. The Hilbert Problem for an Arc.- A.3. Singular Integral Equations.- B. Curvilinear Coordinates.- B.1. Concepts of Tensor Analysis.- B.2. Cylindrical and Helicoidal Coordinate Systems.- C. Some Identities.- D. On Linear Partial Differential Equations.- D.l. The Convolution.- D.2. Solution of Linear Partial Differential Equations.- E. Dimensional Analysis.- References.