Accession Number:
AD0650585
Title:
MATHEMATICAL SHIP SURFACE.
Descriptive Note:
Research and development rept.,
Corporate Author:
DAVID TAYLOR MODEL BASIN WASHINGTON D C HYDROMECHANICS LAB
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Report Date:
1960-01-01
Pagination or Media Count:
39.0
Abstract:
For practical application, the problem of mathematical ship surface was subdivided into two portions 1 To approximate a given hull form mathematically by a surface equation and 2 to modify a ship surface equation to obtain the desired changes in hull characteristics from one design to another. For the case of a single-screw, flat-bottom, merchant-ship hull form, a procedure of obtaining a surface equation to fair and to interpolate a given table of offsets was developed. This equation will give not only the waterlines and stations but also the end profile. The numerical computation of such a procedure was programmed into a high-speed electronic computer. From a given table of offsets, any number of waterlines and stations may be computed. The second portion of the work is not included. Author
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Subject Categories:
- Marine Engineering