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Estimation of wind forces has become to be often required in ship design, for example, to check manoeubrability in strong wind on ships with large above-water surfaces such as PCC and LNGC, to conduct wind correction to speed trial results, and to estimate sea margin. The authors have tried to develop a practical estimation method of wind forces by which wind force coefficients can be estimated more accurately than ever in a short time using a small number of data which properly represents above-water ship form characteristics and are easily available on any ship. This paper describes the development.
