Publications

Ciortan, C. and Fonseca, N. (2012), “Resistance and Aerodynamic Performance Assessment for a Portuguese Indiaman of XVIth Century”, Numerical Towing Tank Symposium (NUTTS'12), 7-9 October, Cortona, Italy

The present work is focused on the hydrodynamics of the hull advancing with constant speed and it is the first step in a larger project whose intention is the better understanding of the sailing characteristics of ancient Portuguese ships. The focus of the present study is an early 17th century Portuguese Indiaman, a ship characterized by a very large beam to length ratio, a shallow keel that runs from bow to skeg and a relatively full underwater stern bodylines leading the flow to the rudder

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