Hull improvements from high speed craft testing
High speed craft testing requires the availability of specific instrumentation to measure the resistance and the vertical motions at high speed. A new fast carriage at the University of Trieste allows these results. By using this instrumentation, new appendages (central bulbs) were tested on a high speed catamaran model and significant pitch and heave reductions were obtained, whereas the resistance showed smaller improvements. The most significant results obtained from these tests will be reported and discussed.
