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    Optimizing Boat Hull Shape for Maximum Speed: A Calculus of Variations Approach

    Was wondering if it was possible to derive the best possible shape of a boat hull to achieve maximum speed? As it is the equation on how to calculate the speed of a sphere moving in water... or else I am just totally wrong and you can bluntly ignore this post :-p
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    Physics Assignment Help: Finding the Best Boat Form for Optimal Speed!

    Well don't i get a constant force when i drop a weight? I have connected the weight to a system so that it pulls horizontally on the boat while being dropped, wouldn't that be a constant force? And I am trying with many shapes now, starting of with a normal box, to see the difference in the...
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    Physics Assignment Help: Finding the Best Boat Form for Optimal Speed!

    Thanks for the help guys. Been playing around with the different graphs now, and realiced the difference between the 2 hull shapes (i made 2 hull shapes to check if the difference between the 2) wasn't there .. so I'm going to have to try to perform some tests with boats with other shapes, and...
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    Physics Assignment Help: Finding the Best Boat Form for Optimal Speed!

    Hello all, this is my first post on this forum having read it from time to time when in need of help for my physics :smile: So to the point. My physics teacher is meeean, he gave us this huge assignment just before the summer break just so that we wouldn't be given the opportunity to slack...
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