At the Delft Ship Hydromechanics Laboratory high speed vessels of all kinds have always been under consideration. Among the types investigated were fast displacement ships, planing craft, hydrofoil boats and small water plane area twin hull ships. Emphasis has commonly been placed on the semi-planing and craft due to the fact that they offered the most readily available ships for many purposes and there is an active industry building these types of vessels in Holland. The swath concept has been studied in cooperation with the Royal Dutch Navy, which considers them to be a possible replacement of their present frigates. The investigations are focussed on two main areas, i.e. resistance and the motions of the ships in waves. In the lecture a rough outline of these investigations will be presented in which only the work on planing and semi-planing craft and on swath ships will be mentioned.
Summary of Work Done at the Delft Ship Hydromechanics Laboratory: Planing Craft and Swath
1986
31 pages
Report
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English