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Everything about Multihull
Ship or boat with more than one hull
A multihull is a boat or ship with more than one hull, whereas a vessel with a single hull is a monohull. The most common multihulls are catamarans, and trimarans. There are other types, with four or more hulls, but such examples are very rare and tend to be specialised for particular functions. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: MultihullA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: High-speed multihull anti-pitching control based on heave velocity and pitch angular velocity estimationInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: The Catamaran BookThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Single- and multiobjective design optimization of a fast multihull ship: numerical and experimental resultsCited 71 times
- Go sideways: CatamaranA closely related topic
- Go sideways: TrimaranA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun A boat with two or more hulls.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Single- and multiobjective design optimization of a fast multihull ship: numerical and experimental results
Hydroelastic Modeling of Wet Deck Slamming on Multihull Vessels
Multidisciplinary Synthesis Optimization Process in Multihull Ship Design
Stability and roll motion of fast multihull vessels in beam waves
Explicit stochastic model predictive control for anti-pitching a high-speed multihull
A sliding mode predictive anti-pitching control for a high-speed multihull
Multihull and Surface-Effect Ship Configuration Design: A Framework for Powering Minimization
Analysis of hydrodynamic characteristics for arbitrary multihull ships advancing in waves
🆕 Influential since 2022
High-speed multihull anti-pitching control based on heave velocity and pitch angular velocity estimation
Anti-pitching of high-speed multihull ships based on incremental predictive control
Real‐time predictive control‐based anti‐pitching method for high‐speed multihull with appendages constraints
Anti-pitching of high-speed multihull ship based on fast predictive control and iterative learning control
A Multihull Boat’s Fatigue Analysis at Early Design Phase
📚 Books worth reading
The Catamaran BookBrian Phipps · 1989
Building Outrigger Sailing CanoesGary Dierking · 2007
The cruising multihullChris White, Chris White · 1990
Multihull seamanshipMichael McMullen · 1976- 📕Safe multihull cruisingMultihull Society. · 1979
Multihulls for Cruising and RacingDerek Harvey · 1991- 📕High speed sailingJoseph Norwood · 1979
IT'S A NEWICK - Legendary Designer Brought Grace and Beauty to MultihullsDick Newick, Alison Cotter · 2015
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
🔗 Related topics
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