Mathematical and computational analysis of ship wakes

该项目旨在开发数学和计算工具，以计算给定船舶尾流中的能量，并通过对船舶驶过时的水高度进行简单测量来确定船舶的一系列特性。该项目的预期成果包括一套算法，该算法仅在单点测量的表面高度数据的情况下反算移动船舶的船体形状和操作条件。这些结果应该有直接的影响，测量船舶尾流对沿海地区的损害和监测航运渠道。

This project aims to develop mathematical and computational tools to compute the energy in a given ship wake and to determine a range of properties of a ship by taking simple measurements of the water height as the ship travels past. The expected outcomes of this project include a suite of algorithms that back-calculate the hull shape and operating conditions of a moving ship given only the surface height data measured at a single point. These results should have direct implications for measuring damage to coastal zones by ship wakes and for surveillance of shipping channels.