Investigation of Methods to Optimize Captured Air Bubble Surface Effect Ship Digital Simulation for Irregular Sea Conditions.

Abstract

A study was conducted of the digital computer simulation of the equations of motion of the surface effect ship with six degrees of freedom. The version of the program under consideration was a simulation of the Bell Aerospace Systems 100-B captured air bubble craft (CAB) as adapted to the digital computer and operating in irregular seas. The objective of the study was to optimize the simulation by reducing computation time required to obtain solutions to the forces and moments acting on the craft while maintaining a reasonable degree of accuracy of the output variables.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1974
Accession Number
ADA001292

Entities

People

  • William Ray Mitchell

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computational Science
  • Computer Simulations
  • Computers
  • Digital Computers
  • Equation-Based Simulations
  • Equations
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Ships
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Surface Effect Ships

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Naval Mine Countermeasure Systems Development.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space