ANALYSIS OF TRANSOM STERN FLOWS

The boundary value problem for a transom stern ship at moderate and high Froude numbers is formulated and solved. The solution is obtained using lifting potential flow techniques, and involves satisfying a Kutta condition at the after edge of the hull. The full problem is linearised about the free stream velocity, and this linearised problem is solved using two different approaches. One method uses Havelock singularities, and the other uses Rankine singularities. Both of these approaches are applied to the solution for the flow about a high-speed transom stern ship, with encouraging results.