rhinomarine Cp question

Discussion in 'Software' started by samh, Mar 3, 2005.

  1. samh
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    samh Junior Member

    Having a bit of difficulty getting rhinomarine to produce a prismatic coefficient. I have sections set up for the model, so thats not it. The hull is lofted surfaces, as in a hard chined sailboat hull. I did 'join' them, but that doesn't seem to make a difference.

    SamH
     
  2. samh
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    samh Junior Member

    seems to have been sorted by setting surface normal direction..

    sh
     
  3. Tim B
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    Tim B Senior Member

    I don't use Rhino marine but you may want to cross-check the answer. You need the following bits of information....

    The immersed midship section area (Am)
    The waterline length (L)
    The immersed hull volume (V)

    Cp = V / ( Am*L )

    the Cp SHOULD be less than 1. in the case of a simple cuboid barge it will be 1.

    You can find all the data required from the geometry.

    Good luck,

    Tim B.
     
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