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Abstract

Ocean engineering is a systems engineering field and requires a relatively broad background in several aspects of engineering. The role of hydrodynamics is central to all ocean engineering activities and despite an ocean engineer’s specialist designation, sooner or later some aspects of hydrodynamics will encroach upon the problem he or she is trying to solve. The intent of this chapter is not to provide an exhaustive treatment of marine hydrodynamics, but instead to act as a reference source to provide enough working knowledge to solve practical problems, or at least a good idea of where to start looking. A range of topics is covered including dimensional analysis, static and dynamic flows, potential and viscous flows, laminar and turbulent flows, boundary layers, wakes, jets and shear layers, and drag and lift forces.

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Abbreviations

2-D:

two-dimensional

3-D:

three-dimensional

ACV:

air cushion vehicle

CAB:

captured air bubble

FR:

Froude number

HYSWAS:

hydrofoil small water area ship

LOA:

length overall

LWL:

length on waterline

RANS:

Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes equation

RHIB:

rigid hull inflatable boat

RIB:

rigid inflatable boat

SWA:

small waterplane area

SWATH:

small waterplane area twin hull

TSR:

tip-speed ratio

ULCC:

ultra large crude carrier

VIV:

vortex-induced vibration

WIG:

wing in ground-effect

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  1. SeaTech Inst. for Ocean Systems Engineering, Florida Atlantic University, 101 North Beach Road, FL 33004-3023, Dania Beach, Florida, USA

    Karl Dietrich von Ellenrieder

  2. The Inst. for Ocean and Systems Engineering – SeaTech, Florida Atlantic University, 101 North Beach Road, FL 33004, Dania Beach, Florida, USA

    Manhar R. Dhanak

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    Manhar R. Dhanak

  2. School of Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering, University of New Orleans, 2000 Lakeshore Drive, LA 70148, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

    Nikolaos I. Xiros

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von Ellenrieder, K.D., Dhanak, M.R. (2016). Hydromechanics. In: Dhanak, M.R., Xiros, N.I. (eds) Springer Handbook of Ocean Engineering. Springer Handbooks. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16649-0_7

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