Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) have been developed and used in research to perform various tasks such as marine surveys the collection of bathymetric data certain areas that are difficult for humans access, deep seas. Because AUVs limited terms their execution require an extensive amount energy, unmanned surface (USVs) launch recovery systems (LARS) jointly transport task sites well reco...

Special demands in marine applications such as large capacities transportation and fast deployment military operations have brought multihull concepts forward. Open deck areas, high stability characteristics, a wide range of operating speeds are some the strong sides these vessels. The fact that few studies been done on manoeuvring performance predictions types ships has main source motivation ...

Extensive experimental investigations of hydrofoil-assisted catamarans have identified the main hydrodynamic parameters affecting the performance of these vessels. Design principles of existing vessels are discussed in the light of these hydrodynamic findings. The experience gained from experimental testing has provided the basis for the development of a non-linear vortex lattice method for des...