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Walter C. Bachman
Pages 8-11

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... After working as a graduate assistant instructor of mechanical engineering at Lehigh, Bachman joined the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry~ock Company in 1935 as an engineer, then left in 1936 to join the naval architectural firm of Gibbs and Cox, where he spent the remainder of his professional career. While at Gibbs en cl Cox, Bachman's specializations included marine engineering, ship design, ocean engineering, and power generation.
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... In certain areas of his work on ship propulsion characteristics and machinery plants Bachman was particularly active. He developed an improved analytical method for ship propeller shaft alignment, applied the results of his extensive study of the various forms of ship vibration to many successful ship designs in both the machinery plants and the hull forms, and supervised correction of "singing" propeller vibration for a fleet of British cargo vessels in World War II.
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... Also a member of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, he was an active participant in that society's technical and research program, serving as chairman of its Committee for Hydrodynamic Research and as a member of its Technical and Research Steering Committee. Bachman also served as a member of the Mechanical Engineering Advisory Committee of Norwich University.
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