ESTIMATED PROPULSION OF SMALL SCALE HYDROFOIL SHIPS

This paper presents an original procedure for estimating the propulsion of small scale hydrofoil ships. This procedure has enabled the development of a computer program that can predict both those types of ship propulsion regime imposed at a quasi-stationary speed and the march regime on wings. The calculation software obtained may serve to design any type of hydrofoil ship. The input data are read in a network that has access throughout the development of the program. In the end, the program outlines for the two march regimes of the ship which the study has been carried on, the drag resistance curve depending on the speed.