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Tutorial 5
Satellite programs

Learning goals

  1. Using MS Excel as a satellite program.
  2. Using the UNION# function.
  3. Using GET$ and PUT$ to run a satellite program.
Prior knowledge
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1    Objective

In this tutorial, we will obtain the economical speed according to Townsin for each of our ships in the dataset. For this speed, both the resistance and power will be calculated in MS Excel and imported in Quaestor. Additionally, the Froude number of a ship will be calculated using a satellite program.

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For this tutorial, the knowledgebase from tutorial 4 is used. You can either use your own (verified) knowledgebase, or download it here:[Tutorial 5 Start]

Also an Excel sheet (Resistance prediction.xls) and an executable satellite program (froude_calc.exe) should be used. Use the hyperlinks to download the components and place them in your default Applic directory, usually [My Documents]\My knowledge\Applic\ (see also Directory structure ).

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