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This module computes pressures, forces, speeds, anti-tipping moments etc. during longitudinal launching.
Longitudinal launching
1. Input data of ship and slipway
2. Input data of the friction coefficient of the cradle
3. Input data of the resistance coefficient of the wetted hull
4. Input data of the dragging forces
5. Executxe launching calculation
5. File and backup management
For ship and slipway, the following parameters — which are also illustrated in the sketch at the end of this section
— must be provided.
This parameter menu has an addition function [PAper size] which can be used to toggle between A3 and A4 paper
size for formatting the output.
Geometric parameters, with the numbers referring to the table below.
1. Longitudinal center of gravity
2. Vertical center of gravity
3. Length of the cradle
5. Crade height aft
6. Crade height forward
7. Distance from aftside of the cradle to APP
8. Distance from the aftside of the cradle to aftside of the slipway
9. Waterlevel above the aftside of the slipway
10. Length of the slipway
11. Height at the forward side of the slipway
12. Camber at half length of the slipway
One or more dimensionless friction coefficients as a function of the travelled distance are defined in this input
screen, as illustrated in the figure below. The friction coefficient is defined as ship weight / friction force, both in the
same dimension. The friction coefficient is assumed to be independant of speed. In this input menu a number
(maximum 40) of travelled distance & friction coefficient combinations can be defined. Intermediate coefficients are
calculated by linear interpolation, with at the extremities the provisions as illustrated in the figure below:
At a travelled distance less that the value of the first row, the friction
coefficient will be taken as zero.
At travelled distances larger than the last row, the friction coefficient
from the last row will be taken.
One or more resistance coefficients of the wetted hull can be defined here as a function of the speed. This coefficient
is defined in its simplest form as follows: coefficient = resistance / displacement / speed 2 [sec2/m2]. For interpolation
of intermediate values the same procedure is adopted as described above.
One or more dragging forces can be defined here as a function of the speed. Intermediate values are calculated as
described above.
Backups can be made and restored here. Here is also the option ‘Quit module without saving the data’. For details
we refer to Data storage and backups.