Calculate Catamaran Resistance in Maxsurf

Hi all,
I am currently designing a small recreational catamaran for a school project using Maxsurf. I have both of my hulls in the Resistance module and I am looking to obtain the graph of the resistance vs. the speed.

However, there are many analysis there and I was wondering which method should I select ( Analysis --> Methods...) to obtain the most accurate results? I tried calculating it by hand, but I do not have the required information for the wave resistance.

Cheers,

Rosalie

 

Rosalie

What is the length-displacement ratio (LD) of your design?

 

Its made for a user of 115 kg and the two hulls has a lenght of 4.5m ... if I am not mistaken, the ratio is 37.5 !?

 

Rosalie

No, the displacement is to the power of 1/3.

So your L/D ratio is 9.3. This means it is very slender, so if you select a method that uses long slender body theory, like the series 64. I don't have maxsurf, so I'm not sure what methods of analysis are available.

 

You will want to use the "Slender Body" method in Maxsurf.