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

澳大利亚在高速多体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。领先的设计和支持这种设计的技术对于保持这种船舶在国际市场上的现有巨大份额至关重要。最近，货运和军用运输船已经暴露在比客船更严重的波浪条件下，这增加了对由于波浪引起的结构载荷的改进预测的需要。该项目通过计算和模型测试验证直接解决了这一需求。该行业是澳大利亚重要的出口收入来源和雇主，因此该项目直接支持这些国家利益。

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.