Full Scale Investigation of Bilge Keel Effectiveness at Forward Speed

Ship motions in a seaway have long been of great importance, and today with advanced hull forms and higher speeds they are as important as ever. While one can now often adequately predict heave, pitch, sway, yaw and even surge, roll motions are much more difficult. Roll is the one motion that is v...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Grant, David J.
Other Authors: Aerospace and Ocean Engineering
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/32322
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05072008-133744/