Geometric Modeling of the Hull Form Summary
Geometric Modeling of the Hull Form Summary
Geometric Modeling of the Hull Form Summary
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Ship <strong>Hull</strong> Characteristics Program (SHCP)• Program from <strong>the</strong> USA Navy for stability and longitudinal resistancecomputations (Last version PC-SHCP v5.0)• Gave origin to a file format for <strong>the</strong> description <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> hull form thathas become a standard for data transfer used by many o<strong>the</strong>rs<strong>of</strong>tware systems for naval architecture (GHS, AutoHydro, etc.)• SHCP file format– All <strong>the</strong> dimensions in Imperial units ( 1ft = 0.3048 m)– Axis <strong>of</strong> abscissas with origin at FWD PP, and oriented AFT– Definition <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> sections:• NoPoints, Xsec• y, z• y, zM.Ventura <strong>Hull</strong> <strong>Form</strong> <strong>Geometric</strong> Modelling 101Orkinus• www.orkinus.com• Surface optimization (with CFD)• L<strong>of</strong>ting documentation:– Lines fairing (SeaSolution s<strong>of</strong>tware)– Shell plating– Structures modeling– Pr<strong>of</strong>ile sketches– Nesting– Hydrostatics computation (SeaHydro)• Presentation modelingM.Ventura <strong>Hull</strong> <strong>Form</strong> <strong>Geometric</strong> Modelling 10251