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Tuesday, April 03, 2007

I am having Springsharp 3.0b1 Beta troubles

I am seeing the sort of problems that exist with Springsharp 3.0b1 Beta. They seem to center around the "Speed, Range, and Power" page and what shows up in the "Performance" and "Report" pages. I am trying to do a BB-27 Michigan design (photo from this New York Shipbuilding site), and odd things are happening. The "Composite Strength" is bouncing around with what I would expect to be only marginally related changes. The Michigan is interesting to me because it was very small, but had 8-12in guns, with superfiring turrets. It is the earliest example of a more modern layout. The Dreadnought was still using a pre-Dreadnought layout, in may ways (oddly enough). This is the Springsharp report:
BB-27 Michigan, United States Battleship laid down 1905 (Engine 1908)

Displacement:
 14,612 t light; 15,311 t standard; 16,457 t normal; 17,374 t full load

Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
 (458.00 ft / 450.00 ft) x 80.00 ft x (25.00 / 26.17 ft)
 (139.60 m / 137.16 m) x 24.38 m  x (7.62 / 7.98 m)

Armament:
      8 - 12.00" / 305 mm 45.0 cal guns - 860.00lbs / 390.09kg shells, 90 per gun
   Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts , 1905 Model
   8 x Twin mounts on centreline ends, evenly spread
  4 raised mounts - superfiring
      22 - 3.00" / 76.2 mm 45.0 cal guns - 13.62lbs / 6.18kg shells, 150 per gun
   Quick firing guns in casemate mounts , 1905 Model
   22 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
  10 raised mounts
 Weight of broadside 7,180 lbs / 7,180 kg
 2 - 21.0" / 533 mm above water torpedoes

Armour:
   - Belts:  Width (max) Length (avg)  Height (avg)
 Main: 12.0" / 305 mm 300.00 ft / 91.44 m 8.00 ft / 2.44 m
 Ends: Unarmoured
 Upper: 8.00" / 203 mm 300.00 ft / 91.44 m 8.00 ft / 2.44 m
   Main Belt covers 103 % of normal length

   - Torpedo Bulkhead:
  1.50" / 38 mm 300.00 ft / 91.44 m 24.50 ft / 7.47 m

   - Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
 Main: 12.0" / 305 mm 8.00" / 203 mm  10.0" / 254 mm
 2nd: 8.00" / 203 mm 2.00" / 51 mm  8.00" / 203 mm

   - Armour deck: 2.00" / 51 mm, Conning tower: 12.00" / 305 mm

Machinery:
 Coal fired boilers, complex reciprocating steam engines, 
 ERROR: Revise drives, 2 shafts, 16,498 ihp / 12,308 Kw = 18.50 kts
 Range 4,500nm at 12.00 kts
 Bunker at max displacement = 2,064 tons (100% coal)

Complement:
 726 - 944

Cost:
 £1.387 million / $5.548 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
 Armament: 1,296 tons, 7.9 %
 Armour: 6,184 tons, 37.6 %
    - Belts: 2,126 tons, 12.9 %
    - Torpedo bulkhead: 408 tons, 2.5 %
    - Armament: 2,472 tons, 15.0 %
    - Armour Deck: 1,011 tons, 6.1 %
    - Conning Tower: 167 tons, 1.0 %
 Machinery: 1,500 tons, 9.1 %
 Hull, fittings & equipment: 6,137 tons, 37.3 %
 Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1,845 tons, 11.2 %
 Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
 Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
   22,926 lbs / 10,399 Kg = 26.5 x 12.0 " / 305 mm shells or 4.4 torpedoes
 Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.02
 Metacentric height 3.7 ft / 1.1 m
 Roll period: 17.4 seconds
 Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 59 %
   - Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.88
 Seaboat quality  (Average = 1.00): 1.38

Hull form characteristics:
 Hull has rise forward of midbreak,
   a ram bow and a cruiser stern
 Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.640 / 0.645
 Length to Beam Ratio: 5.63 : 1
 'Natural speed' for length: 21.21 kts
 Power going to wave formation at top speed: 46 %
 Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 43
 Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 0.00 degrees
 Stern overhang: -2.00 ft / -0.61 m
 Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
    Fore end,  Aft end
    - Forecastle: 20.00 %,  20.00 ft / 6.10 m,  20.00 ft / 6.10 m
    - Forward deck: 45.00 %,  20.00 ft / 6.10 m,  20.00 ft / 6.10 m
    - Aft deck: 20.00 %,  12.00 ft / 3.66 m,  12.00 ft / 3.66 m
    - Quarter deck: 15.00 %,  12.00 ft / 3.66 m,  12.00 ft / 3.66 m
    - Average freeboard:  17.20 ft / 5.24 m
 Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
 Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 88.5 %
  - Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 120.9 %
 Waterplane Area: 27,326 Square feet or 2,539 Square metres
 Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 106 %
 Structure weight / hull surface area: 162 lbs/sq ft or 790 Kg/sq metre
 Hull strength (Relative):
  - Cross-sectional: 0.95
  - Longitudinal: 1.72
  - Overall: 1.00
 Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
 Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
 Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily

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