ABSTRACT for IWWWFB 2014 Interference effects on farfield ship waves at high Froude numbers

Introduction and summary of main result The Kelvin wake of a ship of length Ls that advances at constant speed Vs along a straight path in calm water is considered. Basic features of this wake have been explained by Kelvin and are well known. Briefly, Kelvin’s farfield analysis shows that no ship waves can exist outside a wedge, with angles ψ ≈ ±19◦28 ′ from the ship track, that trails the ship, and that two waves — known as transvers