Comparative Analysis of Calculation Methods of Wave Resistance in High Speed Marine Vehicles

The experimental calculation of wave pattern resistance can be made by using different methods, which differ both for the wave pattern measuring technique and for the calculation methods adopted. For high speed marine vehicles the longitudinal cut techniques are certainly the most frequently used, but the results obtained are influenced again by the before-mentioned parameters. In the paper some results obtained by using these different procedures and numerical processes will be compared in a high speed marine model, tested in a towing tank.