An Investigation into the Damaged Stability of a Tumblehome Hull Warship Design.

Abstract

The objective of this study is to investigate the hydrostatic and damaged stability of a tumblehome hull form by comparing the tumblehome form with one of similar displacement and geometric properties in a wallsided hull form. The data for the comparison is generated by modeling the hull forms in a computer modeling program designed by Creative Systems Incorporated titled General Hydrostatics. The objective was achieved by conducting research and computer modeling in 3 parts. (1) Model Development, (2) Intact stability analysis and (3) Damaged stability analysis. This thesis demonstrates both the intact stability and damaged stability problems that will be encountered if the tumblehome hull design is used on a modern warship, as well as the benefits from using an innovative and modern tumblehome hull design.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA338783

Entities

People

  • Brian T. Ellis

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bulkheads
  • Center Of Gravity
  • Coast Guard
  • Computers
  • Damaged Stability
  • Displacement
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Hulls (Marine)
  • Intact Stability
  • Marine Engineering
  • Metacentric Height
  • Naval Architecture
  • Radar Cross Sections
  • Ship Design
  • Stability Conditions
  • Uss Arleigh Burke

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Marine Hydrodynamics
  • Research Science/Academic Research