Minimal-Time Ship Routing

W. E. Bleick U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, Calif.

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F. D. Faulkner U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, Calif.

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Abstract

A recent theory of minimal-time ship routing through time-dependent ocean wave height and direction fields is put to a numerical test by using a series of semidaily analyses furnished by the U.S. Navy Fleet Numerical Weather Facility. The interpolations and integrations required are found to be feasible. A resume of the theory is given.

Abstract

A recent theory of minimal-time ship routing through time-dependent ocean wave height and direction fields is put to a numerical test by using a series of semidaily analyses furnished by the U.S. Navy Fleet Numerical Weather Facility. The interpolations and integrations required are found to be feasible. A resume of the theory is given.

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