{"product_id":"the-5at-fundamental-design-calculations-9781942748137","title":"The 5AT  Fundamental Design Calculations","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a finale to the \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.5at.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e5AT Project\u003c\/a\u003e, the Advanced Steam Traction group is making available printed copies of the Fundamental Design Calculations for the 5AT Locomotive, as prepared by David Wardale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book consists of 556 A4 pages with “perfect” (soft) binding, containing over 6,500 lines of design calculations and 102 diagrams.  The calculations follow the design methodology developed by Livio Dante Porta as used by Wardale in the redesign of his renowned \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/5at.co.uk\/index.php\/modern-steam-2\/modern-steam-miscellany\/the-red-devil.html\"\u003eRed Devil\u003c\/a\u003e, and should provide enough information to guide the design of virtually any locomotive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"\u003eThe calculations are published at the specific request of David Wardale who wanted his work to be made available to anyone wishing to put them to use.  Wardale sees the published FDCs as a companion volume to his book \u003cem\u003e“\u003ca title=\"Red Devil book\" href=\"http:\/\/5at.co.uk\/index.php\/references\/printed-reference-material\/red-devil-book.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eThe Red Devil and Other Tales from the Age of Steam\u003c\/a\u003e“\u003c\/em\u003e in that together they contain virtually all of the knowledge and experience that he gained in his professional career in steam locomotive engineering.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Advanced Steam Traction Services Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52085809643863,"sku":"9781942748137","price":42.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-5at-fundamental-design-calculations-9781942748137","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}