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Thin or bulky: optimal aspect ratios for ship hulls

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 نشر من قبل Michael Benzaquen
 تاريخ النشر 2018
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Empirical data reveals a broad variety of hull shapes among the different ship categories. We present a minimal theoretical approach to address the problem of ship hull optimisation. We show that optimal hull aspect ratios result -- at given load and propulsive power -- from a subtle balance between wave drag, pressure drag and skin friction. Slender hulls are more favourable in terms of wave drag and pressure drag, while bulky hulls have a smaller wetted surface for a given immersed volume, by that reducing skin friction. We confront our theoretical results to real data and discuss discrepancies in the light of hull designer constraints, such as stability or manoeuvrability.



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