The topic of Shallow Water and Supercritical Ships has been generating research documents ever since John Scott Russell wrote about a barge being towed along a canal by a horse. The horse was suddenly startled and bolted, towing the barge past the critical Froude depth number and leaving the water disturbance and wash behind. As naval architects know (or should know), get past the critical shallow water hump and the resistance and wash is less than in deepwater. What is less well known is that this led to a fast passenger transport system on the canals of England, Scotland, and Ireland - all horse drawn.
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机译：自约翰·史考特·罗素（John Scott Russell）撰写一本关于一匹马被拖在运河上的驳船以来，浅水和超临界船这一话题一直在产生研究文件。这匹马突然被吓了一跳，用螺栓将拖曳的拖船拖过了弗洛德（Froude）临界水深，这使马匹受到水的干扰并被冲走。海军建筑师知道（或应该知道），克服了临界的浅水驼峰，阻力和冲刷能力比深水要小。鲜为人知的是，这导致了英格兰，苏格兰和爱尔兰运河上所有马匹的快速客运系统。
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