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Shallowflow: A program to model ship hydrodynamics in shallow water

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2014
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Gourlay, T. 2014. Shallowflow: A program to model ship hydrodynamics in shallow water, in Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE, Jun 13 2014. San Francisco; United States: ASME.
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ASME 2014 33rd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering Volume 1A: Offshore Technology
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International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE
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In this article we present details of “ShallowFlow”, a computer program to model the hydrodynamic flow around ships in calm shallow water. The program is based on slender-body shallow-water theory. Outputs from the program include far-field hydrodynamic pressure and flow velocities; free surface drawdown; sinkage and trim. Varying transverse bathymetry including open water, dredged channels, and canals of arbitrary cross-section may be modelled. The method is best suited to displacement ships, including cargo ships, ferries, cruise ships, warships and superyachts.