An Investigation of the Convergence of Wave Slam Average Peak Accelerations for Small High-Speed Craft

Abstract

Acceleration data is recorded during high-speed craft trials to quantify the severity of wave impacts. The ride severity parameters most often derived from the data have been the average of the largest one percent of all peak accelerations and the average of the largest ten percent of all peaks. The amplitude of the average accelerations has been shown to converge to a relatively stable value as more and more data is recorded. This report summarizes an investigation of the factors that lead to the apparent convergence of the average accelerations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 06, 2021
Accession Number
AD1141044

Entities

People

  • Michael R. Riley

Organizations

  • Naval Surface Warfare Center
  • The Columbia Group

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplitude
  • Binomials
  • Computer Simulations
  • Data Sets
  • Difference Equations
  • Distribution Curves
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • Information Science
  • Peak Values
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Probability
  • Scale Models
  • Simulations
  • Statistics
  • Surface Warfare
  • Warfare

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  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Marine Hydrodynamics
  • Mathematics or Statistics