THE WAVE RESISTANCE OF SHIPS

Contents: The measurement of wave resistance (Residuary resistance and refinements-Froude's method, Momentum considerations, Wave-pattern analysis); The analytical theory of wave resistance (The exact problem in an inviscid fluid, Perturbation expansions, Methods of solution, Further results, Numerical methods, Comparison of theory and experiment, Applications of the theory, Higher-order theories).

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Sponsored in part by the Office of Naval Research, Arlington, Va. Also available in Advances in Applied Mechanics, Vol. 13, pp 93-245, 1973
• Corporate Authors:

  University of California, Berkeley

  Institute of Transportation Studies Library
  Berkeley, CA  United States  94720
• Authors:
  • Wehausen, J V
• Publication Date: 1973

Media Info

• Pagination: 153 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Flow; Hulls; Hydrodynamics; Inviscid fluids; Mathematical analysis; Momentum; Ships; Structural models; Theory; Water waves; Wave resistance
• Uncontrolled Terms: Ship models
• Old TRIS Terms: Hull configurations; Inviscid flow; Thin ship theory
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Marine Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00051228
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 25 1974 12:00AM