Boat Concept Tetramaran

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Assumptions: All calculations assume air is negligible in mass. Design Goals: Maximize hydrodynamic efficiency Build a boat straight from imagination Create a boat that can actually be 3D printed successfully Design Explanation: From basic research on hull design, multihull boats gain many advantages over monohull boats, such as increased stability and improved speed. Final Design Calculations: Total boat volume equals 10172.3717 mm^3, which is equivalent to 101.72 cm^3 Mass of the boat is 107.82 grams Force of gravity on the boat is 1056.67 millinewtons Hull Volume (just plastic) = 8992.8251 mm^3, which equals 89.93 cm^3 Void volume in the hull = 3573.6095 mm^3, equivalent to 35.74 cm^3 Total hull displacement is 125.7 cm^3 Buoyant force due to the hull (assuming air is negligible in mass) = 1231.57 millinewtons Assuming quarters have a mass of 5.670 grams, the boat could theoretically hold 30 quarters safely. Dimensions: Hull length equals 9.3 centimeters for large hulls 5.08 centimeters for small hulls Boat Hull Comments: Had to scale up by 1.5x to get printable parts Just a prototype, a little back heavy on the connector (caused the back to fill with water but still floated kind of)