A Method for Optimization of Ship Hull Forms on Wave Analysis : Application of Orthogonal Mode Function

Abstract

In using the ASMB method ; a kind of method for optimization of ship hull forms, it is necessary to select some suitable data ships. In this report, orthogonal mode functions were intoroduced, and a criterion for selecting data ships was obtained. Four prismatic curves of data ships include parent ship were decided. And there was shown how to optimize a ship hull form using tables based on these ships' the normalized wave analisis data of these ships.