AN ENGINEERING APPROACH TO HYDROPLANE DESIGN

A hydroplane for the purpose of this paper will be defined as a high speed interface vehicle which is supported by mutual aerodynamic and hydrodynamic forces. A method is presented for the determination of the stability and power requirements of these craft. Suggestions are made to improve the safety and performance of these craft. The results of wind tunnel tests of two hydroplane configurations are included as an appendix.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at AIAA/SNAME/USN Advanced Marine Vehicles Meeting, Annapolis, Maryland, July 17-19, 1972
• Corporate Authors:

  American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

  1290 Avenue of the Americas
  New York, NY  United States  10019
• Authors:
  • Shaffer, R L
  • Cox, C G
  • Garthwaite, R L
• Publication Date: 1972-7

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References;
• Pagination: 13 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Hydroplanes; Planing hulls; Ship motion; Speed; Stability (Mechanics)
• Old TRIS Terms: Planing surfaces; Ship speed prediction; Ship stability
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00035189
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Report/Paper Numbers: 72-608
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 27 1972 12:00AM