Vessel characteristics

The first data to be provided on the Vessel characteristics GUI is the Vessel grid, which is the three dimensional panellized vessel hull. The intended work flow is that the vessel grid should be selected before you set any of the other properties on vessel characteristics.

After loading the vessel grid you must specify additional parameters to config­ure the vessel.

Vessel grid
Vessel scaling
Radii of gyration
Vertical parameters

Vessel statistics

On basis of the vessel grid and the associated parameters, an automatic computation of some vessel statistics will take place. These include:

·         Length Over All (LOA): maximum length of a vessel

·         Beam (B): breadth of the vessel

·         Maximum height: height of the entire vessel hull (keel to deck plane)

·         Submerged volume (V): volume of the vessel below the water line due to draft.