Integrating seakeeping in the design of semi-displacement and displacement monohulls
dc.contributor.author | Gillespy, Andrew J. | |
dc.date | Jun-10 | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-12-13T18:43:58Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-12-13T18:43:58Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10945/24329 | |
dc.description | CIVINS (Civilian Institutions) Thesis document | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Early stage ship design and assessment continues to be a challenge for naval architects and ocean engineers. Furthermore, seakeeping at high speeds cannot be reliably calculated by traditional methods such as strip theory due to the hydrodynamic effects that occur in the semidisplacement region. Traditional methods have a vessels' response in seas calculated after most initial design decision have been cemented, making changes in design for improved seakeeping difficult at best. This paper puts forth a method for narrowing the design space for semidisplacement and displacement patrol craft operating at Froude numbers up to Fn= 1.0 and incorporating the vessels' response in seas into early stage design. Optimization of the design is done through the use of response surface methodology. Using a systems approach, a Patrol Craft Assessment Tool (PCAT) was created and tested to aide designers in the initial design and assessment of patrol craft of less than 90 m. PCAT is an MATLAB code that interfaces with Surface Wave Analysis (SWAN2) to incorporate resistance, engine selection, structures, seakeeping, and mission profiles into one design program to aide a designer. | en_US |
dc.description.uri | http://archive.org/details/integratingseake1094524329 | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Monterey California. Naval Postgraduate School | en_US |
dc.rights | This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States. | en_US |
dc.title | Integrating seakeeping in the design of semi-displacement and displacement monohulls | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.contributor.corporate | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | |
dc.contributor.department | Doctor of Philosophy in Ocean Engineering | |
dc.description.funder | U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, CIVINS program | en_US |
etd.thesisdegree.name | Doctor of Philosophy in Ocean Engineering | en_US |
etd.thesisdegree.level | Doctoral | en_US |
etd.thesisdegree.grantor | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | en_US |
dc.description.distributionstatement | Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. |
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