A REVOLUTIONARY RIDE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR MULTI-HULL HIGH SPEED MARINE VESSELS

摘要

In all traditional multi-hull design, the hulls are an integral part of the whole vessel, inputs received are “felt” or resolvedrnby everything. This paper presents a fundamental change in the way marine vessels can be designed so that they can berndriven safely and comfortably at high speed. This new approach isolates the hulls from the super structure using arnsophisticated suspension system with automotive heritage. The shape and design of the hulls provides the first responsernto inputs from the surface, similar to the tyres on a wheel and the suspension system provides the second response. Thernsystem proposed is a passive, reactive system and is overwhelmingly driven by the inputs received by each of the hulls.rnThe vessel shares the loads across the hull contact surfaces providing a uniquely stable platform to apply suspensionrnengineering technologies and techniques to optimise the “ride and handling” or the seakeeping and safety of the vessel.