The present trends in military and commercial industries are high speed vessels. They provide versatility in accomplishing a range of missions. Their hydrodynamic data are of great importance as they operate at very high speeds. Resistance of planing hull can be predicted from the testing of scale models. In systematic series, forms are generally created by changing dimensions in one parameter. The various systematic series include Series 50 (1940), Series 62 (1960), Series 65 (1970): 65A and 65B, Naval Academy Series, Dutch Series 62 (1970) BK Series (1960), MBK Series (1970), Norwegian Series (1969), NPL Series (1976). Fast displacement type vessels fall into two categories, the relatively slow, round bilge sectioned type and faster planning crafts. A series of high speed round bilge displacement hulls operating within Froude Number range (F_(n▽)) of 0.8 to 3.0 was tested in National Physical Laboratory by Bailey, known as the NPL series. This research attempts to generate codes in MATLAB? environment for hydrodynamic analysis of scaled up NPL series models. The codes rely on background data that were experimentally calculated and subsequently published (1969). The codes will provide an interface for future naval architects to generate offsets, lines plan, hydrostatic data, trim and powering data for the NPL series hull forms for various scales in a relatively shorter duration.
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