Extension of Guilloton's Method for the Calculation of Wave-making Resistance and Velocities at the Vicinity of a Ship Hull(1st Report)

Guilloton's wedge method is extended to evaluated velocity components on and around a ship hull. A ship is divided into a number of layers each of which is approximated by the superposition of so many wedges. These wedges start from the stations evenly placed along the length of the ship. The Michell potential is used to obtain the field generating properties of a wedge. The derivatives of this potential represent then the velocity components induced by the wedge. Superposition of velocities induced at a fixed field point by all the wedges placed at the appropriate positions to approximate the hull will result in the velocity associated with the ship at a particular speed.