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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
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SWATH SHIPS AND
ADVANCED
MULTI-HULLED
VESSELS II
HEATHROW PENTA HOTEL, LONDON
28-29-30 NOVEMBER 1988
Vol.111
Discussions
THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
SWATH SHIPS AND
ADVANCED MULTI-HULLED VESSELS II
DISCUSSIONS
© 1988 The Royal Institution of Naval Architects.
The Institution Is not. as a body, responsible for the opinions expressed by the individual authors or speakers.
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London, SW1X BBQ. Telephone: 01-235-4622
C O N T E N T S
A REVIEW OF DEVELOPMENTS IN SWATH TECHNOLOGY
by CV. Belts. University College London. (U.K.)
COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR SWATH VESSELS
by P.M. Lovie. Lovie and Company, and T.G. Lang, Semi-Submerged Ship
Corporation. (U.S.A.)
REAL WORLD EXPERIENCES WITH U.S. SWATH DESIGNS
by T. Kelley. SWATH Ocean Systems Inc. (U.S.A.)
AN EXTENDED SWATH CONCEPT EXPLORATION MODEL
by A. Koops, MARIN, and W.C.E. Nethercote, Defence Research Establishment Atlantic. (The Netherlands and Canada)
SWATH DESIGN - A SHIPBUILDER'S VIEW AND A PRACTICAL EXAMPLE
by D.L. Smith and W.C. Cuthbertson, Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd., and J.R.
MacGregor and R.C. McGregor, University of Glasgow. (U.K.)
SWATH - THE UK MOD DESIGN AND ASSESSMENT PROGRAMME
by D.R. Pattison and P.H.A. Rose, Ministry of Defence, and S.A. Hams
Harris Group of Companies. (U.K.)
THE CATSEMI - A NEW ADVANCED MULTI HULLED VESSEL
by G.J. Schepman, Marine Stmcture Consultants (MSC) bv.
(The Netheriands)
SMALL MODEL EXPERIMENTS OF SWATH CONCEPT
by H.H. Chun, University of Glasgow, and M. Grygorowicz and L. Kobylinski. Gdansk Technical University. (U.K. and Poland)
SLAMMING EXPERIMENTS WITH A RADIO-CONTROLLED SWATH MODEL
by R. Graham, Defence Research Establishment Atlantic. (Canada) THE ACTIVE CONTROL OF SWATH MOTIONS
11. SWATH SHIP MOTION CONTROL WITH ACTIVE FINS 34 by E.E. Zarnick, David Taylor Research Center. (U.S.A.)
12. WAVEMAKING CHARACTERISTICS OF SWATH SHIPS 37 by H.H. Chun and R.C. McGregor, University of Glasgow, and A.M.
Ferguson, OSTEC Navigation Ltd. (U.K.) 13. SEAKEEPING AND STRUCTURAL RESPONSES OF SWATH SHIPS IN 39
WAVES
by W.G. Price, A.J. Keane and P. Temarel, Brunei University, X.-J. Wu, Shanghai Jiao-Tong University, and Y. Wu, China Ship Scientific Research
Centre. (U.K.) 14. COMPUTER AIDED SWATH SHIP DESIGN AND SEAKEEPING 41
ANALYSIS
by J.R. MacGregor, R.C. McGregor and X. Zheng, University of
Glasgow, and N.S. Miller, YARD Ltd. (U.K.) 15. PREDICTION OF THE MANOEUVRING CHARACTERISTICS OF A 45
SWATH SHIP IN DESIGN STAGES
by O. Khattab, British Maritime Technology Ltd. (U.K.) 16. AIR CUSHION CATAMARANS (SES) - A NOVEL TECHNIQUE FOR 47
INVESTIGATING THE DYNAMIC ROLL STABILITY BEHAVIOUR
by A.G. Blyth, Consultant Naval Architect. (U.K.) 17. ON THE DESIGN TECHNOLOGY OF SWATH HIGH SPEED PASSENGER 49
SHIPS
by K.-Y. Lee and D.-K. Lee, Korea Institute of Machinery and Metals, and E.-S. Kim. J.-G. Kim and J.-H. Kim, Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd.
(South Korea)
18. SOME DESIGN APPROACHES FOR REDUCING THE STRUCTURAL 51
WEIGHT OF SWATH SHIPS
by J.P. Sikora. David Taylor Research Center. (U.S.A.) 19. DEVELOPMENT OF A SWATH STRUCTURAL DESIGN PROCEDURE 53
FOR ROYAL NAVY VESSELS
by A.G. Stirling. Ministry of Defence, and G.L. Jones and J.D. Clari<e,
Admiralty Research Establishment. (U.K.)
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