Chapter 12 Glossary of terms and definitions
12.1 Abbreviations
ABS American Bureau of Shipping
ATTC American Towing Tank Conference
AUV Autonomous underwater vehicle
Bn Beaufort number
BEM Boundary element method, or blade element-momentum theory
BHP Brake horsepower
BSRA British Ship Research Association
BV Bureau Veritas
CAD Computer aided design
CAM Computer aided manufacture
CB Centre of buoyancy
CCS China Classification Society
CF Centre of flotation
CFD Computational fluid dynamics
CLR Centre of lateral resistance
CG Centre of gravity
DHP Delivered horsepower
DNS Direct numerical simulation
DNV Det Norske Veritas
DOF Degrees of freedom
DTMB David Taylor Model Basin
EHP Effective horsepower
EPSRC Engineering and Physical Sciences Research ...
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