At the moment the design has three heave plates. The reasoning being that one large heave plate could cause plow in and other anomalies. Is this...
Correct and I am looking to reduce drag.
Cheers, good to know, I thought my google foo was having an off day. If you had a reynolds number of 40x10^6 at a speed of 18knots (very long...
If I used a symmetrical supercavitating hydrofoil, would it cope at low speed?
Anyone have good resources/links for supercavitating hydrofoil sections? Also a stupid question but most articles mention high speed, but if...
Mainly because cats are the industry standard right now for an offshore wind farm crew transfer vessel. Swaths are able to operate in higher sea...
That is an intriguing idea, thanks.
Thanks BMcF and tspeer you are both really helping a lot. tspear, what do you think of the long cord length 4-6m at a max speed of 20 knots? Any...
If I was able to make my design statically stable, would the geometry provide any difficulties when underway, and how would I design them out with...
Sorry about that BMcF. That picture is very similar to what I am after. except I was looking for a small water plane area at zero speed as...
In that case the vessel would be more like a SWATH with the two underwater hulls connected to form a heaveplate/hydrofoil. A beam view of the...
No worries BMcF, a question can't be answered unless it is understood! You are right I don't expect any dynamic lift from the foils, but I do...
In the region of 130tonnes displacement and 24m in length. The heaveplates/hydrofoils would provide most of the buoyancy, the rest coming from...
A span of 13m
Good question BMcF, I want the additional surface area to resist motion at zero speed. The project is for a crew transfer vessel to an...
I am investigating a HYSWAS design that will use two or three large heave plates for low speed stability. To reduce drag and plow in, I was...
