A Comparison of Experimental and Theoretical Forces and Moments Acting on a Restrained Surface Ship in Regular Waves
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A mathematically defined, fully restrained, ship form has been towed in regular waves to measure the exciting forces and moments acting on it. The results of these tests are presented and compared with theoretical values computed both on the basis of assumptions made in the Froude-Krylov hypothesis and an extension of this hypothesis which accounts for ship-wave interference. For low values of draft to wavelength ratio, a number of the presently available prediction techniques are in agreement and are shown to be reasonably accurate. The need for a generally applicable correction for speed effect, however, is demonstrated.