Wiggle hull design having a concave and convex planing hull
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A Wiggle Hull design for a water vessel, the hull design including a planing hull segment. The planing hull segment has a longitudinal camber that is a combination of concave and convex undersurfaces for improving performance characteristics, including lift and lift to drag ratios. The Wiggle Hull design may also have end plates at the chines to optimize performance characteristics.
Inventors:
Almeter, John
Patent Number:
Technical domain:
Handling and Transportation
FIle Date:
2015-06-10
Grant Date:
2016-06-14
Grant time:
370 days
Grant time percentile rank:
6
Claim count percentile rank:
2
Citations percentile rank:
1
'Cited by' percentile rank:
1
Assignee:
US NAVY
