Artificial Neural Networks For Prediction of Ship Resistance and Wetted Surface Area

摘要

New methods are presented for prediction of ship resistance and wetted surface area of ships based on analysis of database of tests performed in the towing tank of MARINTEK. Artificial neural networks method is applied for analysis of the database. The methods are verified using several towing test results available. These methods show generally reliable simulation of residual resistance and wetted surface area of the ships.