Similitude of Manned Models
Port Revel has chosen to apply the similitude law of William Froude (1810-1879) for its manned models. This means that gravity is considered to be preponderant over the other forces acting on the hull (viscosity, capillarity, cavitation, compressibility, etc.).
The different aspects of similitude may thus be defined as follows:
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