THE UGLA · VERIFIED PUBLIC SOURCES

Open Engineering Library

Carefully selected publications in naval architecture, engineering and maritime research, presented through verified public sources.

Only publications independently verified as eligible for public distribution are presented here. UGLA’s private controlled engineering library, licensed standards and restricted publications are not publicly accessible.

01HistoricNaval architecture

02TechnicalGovernment reports

03ResearchMaritime policy

SCOPE · SEPARATION · USE

Public access, without exposing the controlled library.

This catalogue is an independently maintained public guide. It does not provide access to UGLA’s private holdings, and it excludes licensed standards, classification-society publications, purchased books and material whose public-distribution status is uncertain.

Source first

Access is directed to the issuing organisation or an established public digital-library record wherever practical.

Rights recorded

Every entry states the basis for its inclusion and retains any material-specific limitation or caveat.

Historic methods

Historic publications are preserved for study. Their methods, data and safety assumptions may be obsolete and must not be treated as current engineering rules or approval criteria.

Engineering-use warning: Inclusion confirms a public-access determination, not technical validation, current applicability or endorsement by UGLA. Users must verify methods against current regulations, standards and competent engineering judgement.

HISTORIC NAVAL ARCHITECTURE

Foundational works, presented in their historical context.

These editions are identified from their title and publication pages. External access is provided through established public book repositories; UGLA does not distribute the preservation files from this page.

OEL-0001 · FIRST EDITION, FIRST THOUSAND

The Resistance and Propulsion of Ships

William F. Durand · 1898

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; Chapman & Hall, Limited
Subject: Ship resistance, propulsion and propeller design
Source and provenance: Digitised public book record; held preservation copy identifies the 1898 first edition, first thousand.
Rights status: Public domain in the United States by publication date. External-link access is used conservatively because copyright duration can differ internationally.
Preservation-copy SHA-256: B40D9159884F50A98877FB459899B2D55A3A1104DBA7AA0B1053ADCA87EC921A

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OEL-0002 · 1910 EDITION · TWO VOLUMES

The Speed and Power of Ships

D. W. Taylor · 1910

Subtitle: A Manual of Marine Propulsion
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; Chapman & Hall, Limited
Subject: Ship resistance, propulsion, trials and powering
Source and provenance: Public digital-library edition record; held preservation copy identifies Vol. I, Text, and Vol. II, Tables and Plates.
Rights status: Public domain in the United States by publication date. Historic-method warning applies.
Preservation-copy SHA-256: EF3438765EFB4F55F21A0322BEAFC79062181260036897BBBABA3A6982DABC6C

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GOVERNMENT TECHNICAL REPORTS

Public technical work from the issuing agency.

NASA records below link directly to the NASA Technical Reports Server, which identifies both reports as public and as U.S. Government works for which public use is permitted.

OEL-0003 · NASA SP-5039

Structural Design Concepts: Some NASA Contributions

L. Albert Scipio · 1967

Issuing body: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Subject: Structural design, reinforced materials and composite materials
Official record: NASA NTRS document 19670029162
Rights status: Distribution limit: Public. NASA records the work as a U.S. Government work; public use permitted.
Preservation-copy SHA-256: 4D7F78B5219AB95302DC961A5DBC17EDDA93B3DF6418D944FB53011B9FFC042E

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OEL-0004 · NASA TM-107440

Palmgren Revisited: A Basis for Bearing Life Prediction

Erwin V. Zaretsky · 1997

Issuing body: NASA Lewis Research Center
Subject: Rolling-element bearings and bearing-life prediction
Official record: NASA NTRS document 19970025228
Rights status: Distribution limit: Public. NASA records the work as a U.S. Government work; public use permitted.
Preservation-copy SHA-256: D611FA99273A0F6E08A73DC61DE3962A513E3102C15B9A244B2599C1A80DEC40

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MARITIME POLICY AND RESEARCH

Current policy research, pinned to a specific revision.

The record identifies the report number and update date so visitors can distinguish this edition from later CRS revisions.

OEL-0005 · CRS RL33153

China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities

Ronald O’Rourke · Updated 24 April 2025

Full title: China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities—Background and Issues for Congress
Issuing body: Congressional Research Service
Subject: Naval policy, force development and congressional oversight
Official provenance: Edition-specific PDF hosted by Congress.gov.
Rights status: CRS reports are U.S. Government works and may be reproduced and distributed in their entirety. Third-party material within a report may remain separately protected.
Preservation-copy SHA-256: 29DB35B0448C6B6C513AE4B3F66CC98B944B79680C8C0895AF8B74133C18B19B

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Third-party-material caveat: Do not extract or separately republish photographs, figures, maps or other third-party material from this CRS report without specific clearance from the relevant rights holder.

RIGHTS AND SOURCE INFORMATION

A narrow public catalogue, reviewed record by record.

Cloud-storage eligibility does not authorise public publication. Each record requires an independent release decision based on its exact edition, issuing source and rights evidence.

Always excluded

ISO standards, classification-society rules, purchased books, licensed copies and any source with unresolved rights are not eligible for this catalogue.

Checksum meaning

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Corrections

If a source, edition or rights statement is shown to be incorrect, the affected public record should be withdrawn pending a fresh review.

This catalogue provides source and rights information for public research access. It is not legal advice, a substitute for the issuing organisation’s current terms, or evidence that a publication remains technically current.