Potential Flow Near to a Fine Ship's Bow.

Abstract

A more accurate method is used to solve the bow flow problem formulated by Ogilvie (1972). The new method of solution satisfies the body boundary condition on the actual surface of the hull near to the bow. Numerical results were obtained for the wave heights along cuts parallel to the side of the wedge. The contour maps of the wave heights show an outward shift of the waves proportional to the wedge half angle relative to the pattern due to thin ship approximation. The wave amplitudes agree fairly well with the experimental results for a fine bow at moderate values of the draft-based Froude numbers. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA024566

Entities

People

  • Nabil Daoud

Organizations

  • University of Michigan

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplitude
  • Flow
  • Froude Number
  • Potential Flow

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.