This is a forum for discussion of topics relating to the Dreadnought era, prior to the ascendency of naval aviation. We will be discussing history, ship design, and naval wargaming.
Wednesday, September 08, 2004
I rediscovered how to compute a ship's range, using Frank Fox's system
I had a spreadsheet design that I had built, with help from Frank Fox, to do range computations, taking into account turbine generator fuel usage. In the fall of 2002, I had a hard disk crash which wiped out all electronic versions of the spreadsheet. As I am getting back into the design process, I wanted to include range calculations.
I had put down my program to do power calculations using David Taylor's The Speed and Power of Ships approach that I learned from Frank Fox. I am ready to pick up where I had left off, and push towards making it usable.
The program is an important component, as it will be a critical timesaver in the design process. Essentially "one button" spped and power calculations are then possible. I had done a lot of the work, when I converted graphical data into Excel spreadsheets, extrapolating from what is in The Speed and Power of Ships.
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