Computer beats the testing tank Piet van Oossanen at Van Oossanen & Associates

摘要

Known as 'the keelmaster' since the 1983 America's Cup, Piet van Oossanen is a hydrodynamics specialist. The winged keei he designed for Australia's AC boat was revolutionary. He now foresees a new revolution with the Fast Displacement Hull Form as co-developed by the next generation Van Oossanen.rnIreceived a telephone call from the project manager at the Wolfson Unit towing tank," van Oossanen smiles. "He said he could not believe the results of the tank tests they performed with the scale model of the new hull form we have developed. So he would do the tank tests again, to check".