Pre-Annual Meeting Training Courses

HydroComp, Inc. - HydroComp NavCad "Best Practices" Training Course
Date: Tuesday, November 5, 2013
Location: Madrona, 3rd Floor

HydroComp NavCad "Best Practices" Training Course

HydroComp is conducting a one-day training course for active users of NavCad®, HydroComp's software for ship resistance and propulsion. The focus of the course will be to introduce and review "best practices" for experienced, new, and potential users of NavCad.

Nearly three years of R&D have gone into the development of NavCad 2012+, with new features focused on improving prediction reliability through data standardization, process guidance, and benchmark review. This course is the ideal venue to quickly raise the level of your professional skills, and exploit the full capability and strength of the newest version of NavCad.

What is the curriculum for the course?
The curriculum will include:
·         Proper development of parametric hull data from lines, hydrostatic reports, and hull form CAD software
·         Relating performance prediction methodologies to physical performance models
·         Introduction to contemporary viscous expansion techniques
·         Use of the Method Expert for successful prediction method selection
·         Use of Aligned Prediction with model tests or sea trials
·         Correctly defining propeller characteristics
·         Overview of the corrections for hull-propulsor interaction coefficients
·         Using Benchmark Vessels for graphical comparison
·         Confirming prediction results using resistance, power, and propulsor efficiency Confidence Plots
·         Integration with other software, such as HydroComp PropElements® (for detail propeller design)