TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Page 



LIST OF FIGURES iv 



PREFACE v 



FOREWORD vi 



CHALLENGE TO BETTER AGREEMENT BETWEEN THEORETICAL 



COMPUTATIONS AND MEASUREMENTS IN SHIP 



HYDRODYNAMICS 1 



INTRODUCTION 1 



WAVE RESISTANCE OF SHIPS IN UNIFORM 



FORWARD MOTION 2 



Short Comments on Thin Ship Theory 2 



An Expression for the Solution of 

 Exact Nonlinear Boundary Value 



Problem 5 



Wave Resistance at Low Speed 15 



Method of Coordinate Transformation 24 



HYDRODYNAMIC FORCES ON OSCILLATING 



SLENDER SHIPS 35 



Application of the Slender Body Theory 35 



Various Cases of the Order of Magnitude 



of Frequency Parameter and Froude 



Number 49 



Hydrodynamic Forces in Heaving and 



Pitching 54 



Numerical Results of Radiation Problem 



at Zero Forward Speed 58 



WAVE PRESSURE ON SLENDER SHIPS 69 



Boundary Value Problem for the 



Diffraction Potential 69 



Wave Pressure and Hydrodynamic Forces 73 



Wave Pressure in Short Waves 77 



ADDED RESISTANCE IN WAVES 84 



Formulation of the Steady Drift 



Forces in Waves 84 



Simplification of the Formula 93 



Numerical Examples for Added Resistance 100 



CONCLUDING REMARKS 102 



APPENDIX A - OSCILLATION OF A SHIP WITH 



SIX DEGREES OF FREEDOM 107 



