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Slam excitation scales for a large wave piercing catamaran and the effect on structural response

McVicar, JJ; Lavroff, J; Davis, MR; Thomas, GA; (2016) Slam excitation scales for a large wave piercing catamaran and the effect on structural response. In: Transactions of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. (pp. pp. 442-451). Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME): Washington, D.C., USA. Green open access

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Abstract

A unique slamming process is observed on high speed wave piercing catamarans (WPCs) such as those manufactured by INCAT Tasmania (shown in Fig. 1). For conventional catamarans, wet-deck slamming constitutes a significant design load and is managed through proper design of the tunnel height for the proposed operating conditions. While methods have been developed for prediction of wet-deck slam occurrence and slam magnitude in conventional catamarans (for example Ge et al., 2005) the significant differences in geometry limit application to wave piercing catamarans. Although slamming of wave piercing catamarans may be categorised as a wet-deck slam, the INCAT Tasmania wave piercing catamarans include a forward centre bow to prevent deck diving which significantly alters the water entry and slamming characteristics.

Type: Proceedings paper
Title: Slam excitation scales for a large wave piercing catamaran and the effect on structural response
Event: 13th International Conference on Fast Sea Transportation (FAST 2015)
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
Publisher version: http://www.sname.org/pubs/journals1
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
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UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Mechanical Engineering
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1538454
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