Savitsky Powering 1964

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  1. aww198
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    aww198 New Member

    I'm trying to write a quick excel spreadsheet to work out powering and porpoising from Savitsky's 1964 paper and I've encountered a couple of problems - can anyone point out where I am going wrong?

    1) Working logically through 'Table 1' 'Computational Procedure Hydrodynamic Performance of Prismatic Planing Hull' I have got down as far as row 10 on the table and agree with all the numbers. However when calculating the formula in 10 for Df I am not getting anything like the stated 7.340. I don't know if its because I am not using the correct value for p, or if I'm simply messing up the calculation or if there is a term missing in the formula. Any one have any ideas for me?

    2) For the porpoising calc I've created a spreadsheet for it and it all works given the inputs that are in the example in the paper, however when I input my boat particulars I'm getting a value for SQRT Cl/2 of less than 0.1, which is off the Savitsky porpoising limit graph. Is this a common occurance for light weight boats <~10 tonnes??

    Thanks
     
  2. smartbight
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    smartbight Naval Architect

    Try this. Let us know how it compares with your calcs.
     

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  3. aww198
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    aww198 New Member

    Thanks for that. Still wading through the spreadsheet - will let you know though.
     
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