Practical CFD Applications to Design of a Wave Cancellation Multihull Ship

Abstract

Four methods of analysis—a nonlinear method based on Euler's equations and three linear potential flow methods—are used to determine the optimal location of the outer hulls for a wave cancellation multihull ship that consists of a main center hull and two outer hulls. The three potential flow methods correspond to a hierarchy of simple approximations based on the Fourier-Kochin representation of ship waves and the slender-ship approximation.