Wave slam on high speed wave piercing catamaran ferries in large seas

澳大利亚在高速多壳渡轮的设计方面处于领先地位，并继续扩大其速度、航程和有效载荷性能。设计领先地位和支持它的技术对于保持这类船舶现有的巨大国际市场份额至关重要。最近，货船和军用运输船面临的波浪条件比客船严重得多，这增加了改进波浪引起的结构载荷预测的必要性。该项目直接解决了通过计算和模型测试验证所需的问题。该行业是澳大利亚重要的出口创收和雇主，因此该项目直接支撑着这些国家利益。

Australia has taken a pioneering lead in the design of high speed multi-hull ferries and continues to extend their speed, range and payload performance. Design leadership and the technology which supports it are crucial to maintaining the existing large share of the international market for such vessels. Recently freight and military transport vessels have been exposed to much more severe wave conditions than passenger vessels and this has increased the need for improved prediction of structural loads due to waves. This project directly addresses that need by computation and model testing validation. The industry is a significant export earner and employer within Australia and so the project directly underpins those national benefits.