An Overview of the Intricate Art of Ship Modeling

Almost every industry is engaged in the building processes, be it real estate, sky liners, bridges, trains and other locomotives; all rely on scale models for performance evaluation of a specific design. The Marine industry banks heavily on ship models for the same purpose.

Ship modeling is explicitly linked with ship designing and it is indispensible to the ship building process. It is a prerequisite of the construction of a real scale model as certain operations such as design verification and modeling analysis are carried out on them and obtained analytical data is related to the full-scale counterpart by using the principles of dynamic similitude. Testing is done in special facilities known as model basins.

Ship models are built to scale, which vary from miniature models to huge manned vessels capable of holding a person or two. They allow room for errors, which would otherwise be very expensive on a full-scale watercraft. They are also apt for nautical training and experimentation without incurring heavy losses. These models help in studying and understanding a ship’s behavior in realistically reproduced physical conditions such as winds, currents, waves and berths. In addition to this, hydrodynamic effects are correctly manifested to scale on these models.

The materials, which are generally used to furnish ship models are wood, plastic, metal and paper. Sea lore suggests that models carved out of wood have been around since the advent of water transport. Contemporary models are generally made of plastic or casted out of metal. The materials being utilized mainly depend on the purpose of a particular model is put up to.

Over the decades, ship models have provided archeologists with valuable information about the seafaring technology in old times and an insight on naval history. These models have helped them in estimating the size of the vessels and apprehending their sociological and economical aspects. The ancient models inspire current models as they give an insight on the feasibility and detail to put in the real scale prototype.

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