An investigation into the effect of running wetted surface area on the resistance components of a catamaran

International Shipbuilding Progress

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 135-148

  Millward, A ^a   Askew, K M ^a   Whattam, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURVE FITTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYNOMIALS; WATER WAVE EFFECTS;

CATAMARAN; FROUDE NUMBER; RUNNING WETTED SURFACE AREA; STATIC WETTED SURFACE AREA;

HULLS (SHIP);

EID: 0035413073     PISSN: 0020868X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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