This unit provides an overwiew on the design process of motor yachts, including notions regarding high speed craft
This units aims to complete the student skills in the naval architecture field through the study of advanced topics specifically concerning the preliminary phase of the design.
This unit aims to complete the student skills in the naval architecture field through the study of topics relevant to high speed craft, namely planing hull forms and surface piercing propellers.
Lectures and exercises
Definition of planing.
Resistance components of a planing craft.
Influence of the hull geometrical parameters on motion resistance.
Methods for the trim control of crafts.
Methods for the resistance prediction of a planing hull: systematic series, statistical methods, Savitsky method.
Surface piercing propellers
Principles of Naval Architecture, SNAME, 1988
SAVITSKY D. “Hydrodynamic Design of Planing Hulls”, Marine Technology, October 1964.
Blount D. L., Fox D.L. “Small Craft Power Prediction”, Marine Technology, Vol. 13, No. 1, Jan 1976.
Savitsky D., Brown P.W. “Procedures for Hydrodynamic Evaluation of Planing Hulls in Smooth and Rough Water”, SNAME, Hampton Road Section paper, November 1975.
Hadler J.B. “The Prediction of Power Performance on Planing Craft”, SNAME Transactions, 1966
Ricevimento: Tuesday from 1000 to 1200
MARCO FERRANDO (President)
STEFANO GAGGERO
PAOLA GUALENI
CARLO PODENZANA BONVINO
DIEGO VILLA
MICHELE VIVIANI
Tuesday, September 18th 2018
The exam is oral.
It is based on questions on theory and on the discussion of the student assignment.
During the exam it will be assessed if the student has acquired the theoretical contents and the techniques illustrated during the lessons and into the class notes.
