Ship
AssigneeTechnische Universiteit Delft
InventorJan Alexander Keuning
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Abstract
A ship designed for use at high speed and heavy seas having a single long and slender hull with a narrow beam and a more or less vertical bow, whereby the front half of the hull has more or less vertical sides, minimal flare in the bow sections and towards the bow an increase in draught at its center line combined with a more or less similar increase of freeboard and whereby the aft end of the hull has a flat or slightly V-shaped bottom with one or more propellers and/or waterjets as propulsion means. In accordance with the invention the bow has a fillet radius of at least 1% of the beam.
Claims8
A ship designed for use at high speed and heavy seas having a single long and slender hull with a narrow beam and a substantially straight and substantially vertical bow, whereby the front half of the hull has vertical sides, minimal flare in the bow sections and, towards the bow, increase in draught at its center line combined with a similar increase of freeboard, and whereby the aft end of the hull has a flat or slightly V-shaped bottom with one or more propellers and/or waterjets propulsion means, characterized in that, in the horizontal plane, the bow has a fillet radius (R) of between 1% and 4% of the beam.
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