Volume under the surface and free surface plane

Ratnakar Gadi
January 20, 2017

The Wigley hull used her can be represented as a function(eq1).This makes it possible to include
analytical integration as will be demonstrated in this article.
B x x
y= (1 ( )2 )(1 ( )2 ) (1)
2 L T
As can be seen from fig 1,the area under the curve between the x-axis is given by the equation(2).
Z Z
A= ydx = f (x)dx (2)
C C

Applying the same definition,the volume bounded by the surface as defined in eq(1) and the
z=0(free surface) plane is given as:
Z ZZ Z L Z 0
B x x 5
V = ydA = f (y, z)dxdz = ( (1 ( )2 )(1 ( )2 )dz)dz = LBT (3)
0 T 2 L T 18

Instead,if the body is heaving,in that case,the free surface will be replaced by the heave amplitude(hc ),in
that case,there will be additional term added to the integral(eq 3).

5 5 hc 3
V = LBT + LB(hc + ) (4)
18 12 3T 2
If the heave is in the direction of positive z axis(upwards),then use negative of the value in the
expression(4).Now,if we assume that the wave length is larger than the ship length(true for large
amplitude waves in sea states),in that case,even the signed wave amplitude(A ) is added to the
heave motion amplitude(eq 5).

5 5 hc + A 3
V = LBT + LB((hc + A ) + ) (5)
18 12 3T 2
A sample calculation is carried out for the hull with = 0.1,along with amplitude(2m) of the wave
and in calm water to find the force as a function of time.

1
 Figure 1: Finding the area under curve

Figure 2: Force as function of time in regular wave of amplitude(2m) and =0.1