Mathematical and computational analysis of ship wakes

该项目旨在开发数学和计算工具来计算给定船舶尾流中的能量，并通过简单地测量船舶经过时的水高来确定船舶的一系列特性。该项目的预期结果包括一套算法，该算法只给出在单点测量的表面高度数据，就可以反算出正在移动的船舶的船体形状和运行条件。这些结果应该对测量船舶尾流对沿海地区的损害和对航运通道的监视具有直接影响。

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.