Calculate the fineness/slenderness ratio (M) (dimensionless) of the ship.

calcShipM(actualDisplacement, lwl)

Arguments

actualDisplacement

Actual loaded displacement (vector of numericals, m^3) (see calcActualDisp)

lwl

Waterline length (vector of numericals, m) (see calclwl)

Value

M (vector of numericals, dimensionless)

References

MAN Energy Solutions. 2011. "Basic Principles of Propulsion."

See also

Examples

calcShipM(73663,218)
#> [1] 5.200439
calcShipM(c(73663,216726),c(218,400))
#> [1] 5.200439 6.659214