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SPLASH
the world's leading free-surface panel code:
flow simulation and performance prediction
for yachts and ships  



Major Improvements to SPLASH and ACCPAN (12/05)

The UVS Bug Fix
Download a graphic presentation about this bug fix,
and the significant impact it has on SPLASH tests
at forward speed and lifting conditions
(especially at high heel angle).

The TBC Bug Fix
Download a graphic presentation about this bug fix,
and the significant impact it has on SPLASH tests
for models where the very last configuration panels are deflected
via the transpiration boundary conditions

Major Improvements Announcement
Download a document describing the UVS and TBC bug fixes,
and other enhancements in the new versions of SPLASH and ACCPAN.
Plus details about still more improvements to come in the months ahead.

Unsteady SPLASH Simulation:
an America's Cup Yacht Moving through Waves
(Flash Animation via Tecplot Software)
see the Tecplot CONTOURS news article

SPLASH and the 2003 America's Cup
ALINGHI WINS!

Alinghi sweeps Team New Zealand 5-0,
bringing the America's Cup to land-locked Switzerland.

The Swiss won the right to challenge for the America's Cup after eliminating eight other challengers, including Oracle 5-1 in the the Louis Vuitton Cup.

Swiss designers used SPLASH to assist with design of hulls and appendages.

Use of SPLASH Softweare for Yacht Design is at an All-Time High
Press Release - May 4, 2001

America's Cup XXX challenger AmericaOne:
USA-61 places first in Louis Vuitton Cup semi-finals,
second in Louis Vuitton Cup finals

see Amtec Engineering, Inc's
Case Studies or November 2000 Contours Plot of the Month
featuring a Tecplot-animated SPLASH flow visualization
for AmericaOne's yacht USA-61

Download an Adobe Acrobat (PDF) copy of AIAA Paper No. 2000-4339
"CFD Design Studies for America's Cup 2000"
by Bruce Rosen, Joe Laiosa and Dr. Warren Davis
http://www.panix.com/~brosen/AIAA-2000-4339.pdf

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