The RhinoMarine hydrostatics plug-in is very flexible in the way it produces output data.

Data can be tabulated and

displayed in either an Excel file, or an HTML file (displayed in a web browser). Through the use of the XSL style
sheet, output format can be customized by the user. Finally, another form of output is the transformation of the model to
the final flotation plane or the insertion of a surface representing the flotation plane.
This section will describe the output options, and define the output data.
Excel Report: Requires Excel 97 or later. When you select this option, Excel will be automatically started on your
system (if installed), and the data will be copied into numerous worksheets. One worksheet will have the tabular data,
and the other worksheets contain plots of the data. Once in Excel, you can carry out further computations, and format
the data any way you like.
HTML Report: With this option, the program uses an XSL Style sheet to format an HTML file that is automatically
displayed in a web browser. You can specify the name and location of the HTML file, as well as the name and location
of the XSL Stylesheet that is used to format the file. Note that if you specify a file extension other than ".htm", the file
will not automatically open in nternet Explorer.
The default stylesheet, ProteusHydrostatics.xsl, attempts to determine the current system locale, and therefore the
appropriate style for output regarding the use of periods or commas as the decimal symbol. Additionally, stylesheets
have been given version numbers, which are printed in the notes section of the HTML output, in order to facilitate
tracking changes and technical support issues.
The format of the HTML file is controlled by the style sheet. f you want to change the look of the output, you can edit
the style sheet (we recommend that you first save the default style sheet, so you can always go back to it if you have
to). For example, you may want to change the background color, table header background color, table title text color, or
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font color. The style sheet uses the html coding system to specify colors, which means that you may define a color in
two ways; by a named color, or by rgb (red green blue) values in decimal, hexadecimal, or percentage.
For example, the background color can be defined as follows:
The various color tags to look for in the style sheet are as follows:
Color specification details can be found in any HTML reference, but some of the basic colors that are understood are
listed below. n addition, you can experiment with various values of rgb to attain the desired color.
Transform Model to Resultant Flotation Plane: When you check this option, the model will be transformed to the
orientation of the waterplane of the final condition. The final condition is the last flotation plane defined, and if you have
specified heel angles, the final heel angle. Be careful with this option; your model will move in the coordinate
system; it will move vertically so that the origin is at the flotation plane, and longitudinally so that the origin is
at the LCF. You may wish to save the model under a different filename before using this option.
nsert Surface Representing Flotation Plane: This option will not transform the model, but instead creates and inserts a
flat surface (slightly larger than the vessel) representing the equilibrium flotation plane.
Output Data Definitions
The following table defines all of the output variables. The term "model" refers to those surfaces or polysurfaces that
were selected to be included in the calculations.
Specification ResuIting CoIor
BACKGROUND-COLOR:
white
white
BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff
white (hexadecimal values can
range from 00 to ff)
BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb
(0,0,255)
blue (decimal rgb values can range
from 0 to 255)
BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb
(50%,0%,50%)
purple
Item
Tag in StyIe Sheet, incIuding
defauIt coIor vaIue
Background Color BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff99
Table Header
Background Color
background: white (in the TABLE tag)
Report Title Text COLOR tag under H1 in the Table
tag
Subtitle Text (Project:...) COLOR tag under H2 in the Table
tag
Table Title Text COLOR tag under H3 in the Table
tag
Body text COLOR tag under BODY tag
aqua gray navy silver
black green olive teal
blue lime purple white
fuchsia maroon red yellow
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Note that all values are affected by the density of the mesh (number of polygons). Those values highlighted in green
below are affected by the number and location of the sections (stations) that you have defined.
Depending on how the flotation plane was defined, and whether or not heel angles were specified, the output data will
be slightly different. Some data, such as GM, is not available if the flotation plane was defined simply as one or more
heights, because the VCG isn't defined in that case. Also, Critical Points are not tracked, since there is no trim or heel.
f stations haven't been defined, Cp, Cx, and other data that depends on stations will not be reported.
Please read the notes that are printed in the output for important information that will help you to interpret the data.
Also, the following figure will help you to understand the output data. Note that some of the output data is in the
coordinate system of the vessel before it is floated into equilbrium (such as LCB), while other data, such as Mtrans, is
measured perpendicular to the resultant (equilibrium) flotation plane.
PlnConst
The flotation plane is defined by a point on the plane, and a
unit normal vector. The PlnConst is the distance from the
flotation plane to the origin (normal to the flotation plane).
NrmlX, NrmlY, NrmlZ
These are the components of the unit vector that describes
the flotation plane.
Length OA Maximum overall length of the model.
Length WL Length on the waterline, at the current flotation condition.
Beam OA Maximum overall beam of the model.
Beam WL Waterline beam, at the current flotation condition.
Depth Maximum overall height of the model.
Draft Maximum distance below the flotation plane.
Freeboard Maximum distance above the flotation plane.
Volume Volume of the model beneath the flotation plane.
Displacement Weight of the displaced volume of water (sea or fresh).
LCB
Longitudinal location of the center of buoyancy from the
origin.
Longitudinal location of the center of buoyancy expressed as
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LCB Percent LWL
a percentage of the waterline length. This is computed as
(Xmax-LCB)/(Xmax-Xmin), where Xmax is the maximum
longitudinal value of the waterline, and Xmin is the minimum
longitudinal value of the waterline. f your longitudinal
coordinate is positive-aft, this will yield the percentage
distance from the aft end of the waterline.
VCB Vertical location of the center of buoyancy from the origin.
TCB Transverse location of the center of buoyancy from the origin.
Max Section Area
Area of the largest transverse section (station). Computed by
finding the maximum section area value from among the
user-defined stations, together with the section area value at
the next user-defined station forward and aft of the
maximum, and fitting a parabola to interpolate the maximum
area and the longitudinal location of the maximum area.
Long'l Loc Max Section
Area
Longitudinal location of the station of maximum area (see
Max Section Area for computation method).
Wetted Surface Area
Wetted surface area, not including any implied closings (for
example, you may not have a surface defining the transom,
and the program will assume that the hull is closed straight
across to the centerplane; the area of this "implied" transom
will not be included).
Wetted Centroid
(longitudinal)
The longitudinal location of the centroid of the wetted
surface. Note that the centroid will not necessarily lie on the
surface; for example, the centroid of the wetted surface of a
sphere is in the center of the sphere.
Wetted Centroid
(transverse)
The transverse location of the centroid of the wetted surface.
For a body that is symmetric about the centerline, this value
should be 0.
Wetted Centroid (vertical) The vertical location of the centroid of the wetted surface.
Displacement-Length Ratio
The computed vessel displacement in long tons divided by
the cube of one-hundredth of the waterline length in feet (no
matter the units that you are currently using).
Area WP Waterplane area.
LCF Longitudinal location of the center of flotation from the origin.
TCF Transverse location of the center of flotation from the origin.
M Transverse
Height of the transverse metacenter from the resultant
flotation plane.
M Longitudinal Height of the longitudinal metacenter from the flotation plane.
BM Transverse
Distance from the center of buoyancy to the transverse
metacenter, measured perpendicular to the waterplane.
BM Longitudinal
Distance from the center of buoyancy to the longitudinal
metacenter, measured perpendicular to the waterplane.
Weight to mmerse
The amount of weight required to sink the vessel a unit
distance, perpendicular to the flotation plane. Units are as
follows:
Selected Output Units Weight to mmerse Units
meters Output weight units per cm
feet Output weight units per in
other (cm, inches, etc.)
Output weight units per
Output length unit
This is the moment to trim the vessel. The trim is about the
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Moment To Trim
LCF, over the waterline length. The trim is the sum of the
draft changes at either end of the waterline. The moment is
always defined in units of (Output Length Units * Output
Weight Units). The trim amount units are as follows:
GMl is used in the calculation of Moment to Trim. However,
in the case of Upright Hydrostatics, RhinoMarine doesn't
know the GM Long'l, only the BM Long'l, so BM Long'l is
used in the calculation. This will lead to a slight difference in
Moment to Trim if computed in a free-float fashion (specifying
Displ and CG) as opposed to an upright fashion (specifying a
waterplane height).
Selected Output Units Moment to Trim Units
meters 1 cm
feet 1 in
other (cm, inches, etc.) 1 Output length unit
Neutral Axis Angle
Any body that does not have a waterplane with
port/starboard symmetry will trim as it rolls. The neutral axis
is the axis of minimu inertia, and is therefore the axis about
which the vessel will roll from its current orientation (note that
this axis usually changes as the vessel rolls, assuming that it
is not a symmetric body). A neutral axis angle of 0 means
that the vessel will roll about its longitudinal axis. The higher
the value, the more the vessel will trim as it rolls.
Metacentric Shelf Slope
and Metacentric Shelf
ntercept
The metacentric shelf is constructed by connecting the
metacentric heights of each station that you have defined.
The Metacentric Shelf Slope and ntercept are computed by
weighting each of these metacentric heights by the station
areas, and then fitting a straight line through the points. The
ntercept defines the longitudinal location where this line
intersects the resultant flotation plane, and the Slope defines
the slope of this line (rise/run) as it travels aft (a positive
slope implies that the line is going up as it goes aft). This line
will intersect the standard metacentric height at the
longitudinal center of gravity.
There are numerous theories about the use of this data. t is
essentially a measure of the symmetry of the waterlines fore
and aft. f the vessel were rigidly attached to a rod that was
defined by the metacentric shelf slope and intercept, for small
rotations, rotating the rod would show how the vessel would
roll and trim. Of course, RhinoMarine can compute any
equilibrium flotation condition, so this use of the data is now
somewhat outdated. However, it does describe the line
above which if weight is added to the vessel, stability will be
reduced, and below which stability will be increased.
Normally one thinks of just the transverse metacentric height
for this, but the slope of the metacentric shelf shows that the
height varies as you move forward or aft of the center of
gravity.
Some designers use it as a way to quantify the amount of
weather helm that a sailing yacht will develop as it heels.
Yachts such as 12 meters have very shallow metacentric
shelf slopes, and develop very little weather helm even at
large heel angles.
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Note that a cylinder will have zero metacentric shelf slope,
and this will not change as the cylinder rolls. The metacentric
shelf for a cone will have slope, but it will not change as the
cone rolls.
COEFFCENTS
The coefficients are defined below. Note that the values of
"L" (length) and "D" (draft) can be controlled by the user by
specifying the Reference Length and Reference Draft, in the
Setup tab of the dialog box.
f "Waterline Length" is chosen as the Reference Length, the
LWL will be used in all coefficients.
If "Maximum Wetted Length" is used, only Cp (prismatic) will
use the maximum wetted length; other coefficients will use
LWL.
f "User Specified" is selected, that length will be used for all
coefficients.
f "Maximum Draft" is specified, the maximum draft will be
used for all coefficients.
f "User Specified" is chosen for Reference Draft, that Draft
will be used for all coefficients.
Cb Block coefficient (volume/(L * BeamWL * D)).
Cx
Maximum section area coefficient, defined as (Max Section
Area/(BWL * D)).
Note: n cases where the vessel trims, the stations are
trimmed as well, and are therefore no longer perpendicular to
the longitudinal axis. Therefore they will not represent the
true section area. This slight error will show up in the
calculation of Cx, Max Section Area, Cp, and the Section
Area of each station.
Cwp
Waterplane coefficient (waterplane area/L * BWL).Note that
you can set the reference Length to be used in this equation.
Cp
Prismatic coefficient (volume/(max sect area x L). Note that
you can set the reference Length and Draft to be used in this
equation.
Note: n cases where the vessel trims, the stations are
trimmed as well, and are therefore no longer perpendicular to
the longitudinal axis. Therefore they will not represent the
true section area. This slight error will show up in the
calculation of Cx, Max Section Area, Cp, and the Section
Area of each station.
Cp aft
The prismatic coefficient for the portion of the hull aft of the
station of maximum area
Cp aft = Volume aft / (Max Section Area * Length aft)
Cp fwd
The prismatic coefficient for the portion of the hull forward of
the station of maximum area
Cp fwd = Volume fwd / (Max Section Area * Length fwd)
Station Location The longitudinal location of the station.
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Wetted Girth The girth of the station, up to the local waterline.
Station Area
mmersed area of the station.
Note: n cases where the vessel trims, the stations are
trimmed as well, and are therefore no longer perpendicular to
the longitudinal axis. Therefore they will not represent the
true section area. This slight error will show up in the
calculation of Cx, Max Section Area, Cp, and the Section
Area of each station.
GM Transverse
Distance from the center of gravity to the transverse
metacenter, measured perpendicular to the waterplane. This
value is only reported if the VCG has been entered.
GM Longitudinal
Distance from the center of gravity to the longitudinal
metacenter, measured perpendicular to the waterplane. This
value is only reported if the VCG has been entered.
Righting Mom 1 Deg
The righting moment of the vessel at 1 degree of heel.
Expressed in units of (Output Length Units * Output Weight
Units). This value is only reported if the VCG has been
entered.
Heel Angle
For righting arm calculations, the hull is first heeled to this
angle, and then allowed to trim to equilibrium (LCB aligned
with LCG). Because of this trim angle, the heel angle is not
what would be reported by an inclinometer on the bulkhead
on the vessel.
Trim Angle
The trim required for the vessel to be in longitudinal
equilibrium.
Delta VCG
As the vessel is heeled (and allowed to trim), the new change
in vertical position of the VCG is reported.
Origin Depth
As the vessel is heeled (and allowed to trim), the new
position of the (0,0,0) point is reported, to give an indication
of the transformation.
Righting Moment
The righting moment is equal to (righting arm *
displacement).
Righting Arm The righting lever at this heel angle.
Critical Points
The Critical Point table lists the Critical points that you have
defined, together with their height above the waterplane and
their longitudinal, transverse, and vertical location in the
coordinate system.
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