LIGHTWORKS LW33 / Simulation cockpit
Research • performance unvalidated

Inspect. Prepare. Compare.

Startup diagnostics only
Prepared test 30 kn · 4,100 kgResults Recorded separately below
Original LW33 hull and deck
CAD geometry • no solved hull responseWave preview loadingLoading actual hull…
Drag to rotate · pinch / scroll to zoom9.896 m hull length / 2.897 m assembly beam

Original STEP geometry · touch and keyboard controls available.

Analytical deep-water waves for visual orientation only. No wave forces, slamming or boat response are calculated.

Froude number1.57Based on hull length
Hull flow-through time0.64 sOne hull length at test speed
Wet area with layers91.9%Historical coverage of selected mesh

What the solver actually did.

Previous review PDF (R03) ↗

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Recorded startup history · not recalculated by the test settings above.

0.010000 s

Calm-water baseline: not yet validated

R18 remains the flow reference. The latest repair tests have not produced an accepted performance mesh. R19 removes every wall layer; R20 changes quality only marginally. R21 reduces flags at the cost of three-layer coverage (34.6% to 22.4%). R22 lowers poor-determinant cells to two but reduces wall-layer coverage to 44.1% and fails three checks. No repair is promoted as an accepted mesh.

Mesh controls · historical 3,500 kg reference
MeshPoor determinantsConcavity flagsWet area ≥1 layerWet area ≥3 layers
R18142,82380.4%34.6%
R1904860.0%0.0%
R20132,86580.8%34.2%
R21122,35781.4%22.4%
R2222,19844.1%11.7%

R18: internal smoothing. R19: layer suppression buffer. R20: face splitting. R21: wider graded termination. R22: stricter tetrahedron quality. R19–R22 are mesh-only tests; fewer flagged cells alone does not establish adequate wall resolution.

Longer R18 flow saved through 25.02 ms. Final air/water speed maxima: 25.47/15.97 m/s. Stop: normal completion. This is 3.9% of one hull transit at the imposed 30 kn. Forces remain startup evidence.

Why mesh checks disagree: all 14 flagged R18 cells pass the builder’s whole-cell determinant check but fail the final internal-face connectivity check. The two measures are different; the final failure is retained.

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  • Boat setup: 4,100 kg and equipment recorded; CG datum/direction and vertical CG still needed.
  • Mesh: repair remaining connectivity and shape defects while retaining wall layers.
  • Flow: establish loaded equilibrium, longer stability and settled forces.
  • Performance: mesh/time-step sensitivity and sea-trial validation pending.
Earlier diagnostic reports

R19–R21 · R16–R18 · R15 and longer R14 flow · R14 · R12–R13 · R11 · R05–R10 · R04

What we need to finish

Target: one trustworthy 4,100 kg calm-water result, checked against the real boat.

  1. LW team: mark the CG reference and direction for 2,750 mm; provide vertical CG and the loaded weight breakdown.
  2. LW team + CAD: confirm sealed hull surfaces near the heavier-load waterline and provide measured bow/stern drafts.
  3. CFD: repair remaining mesh defects, establish loaded equilibrium and near-wall resolution, then demonstrate stable settled forces and numerical sensitivity.
  4. LW team: confirm the drive model/ratio and both propeller markings; collect paired reciprocal sea-trial observations.
  5. Validation: compare the accepted model with measurements before engine/propeller matching or wave predictions.

Provisional mass-only calculation: 4,100 kg displaces 4.00 m³ at assumed seawater density 1,025 kg/m³. Holding trim at zero raises the waterline about 36 mm. Artificial closure patches require review; this is not a loaded-equilibrium result and has not changed the CFD setup.

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Sea-trial log

Quick entry: time, RPM and GPS speed. Add fuel flow when available. Measurements stay separate from simulated results.

Public shared log · no sign-in required. Anyone with the link can read, add and edit observations. Do not enter private information.

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The live cockpit shares saved observations with everyone using this link. The portable review exports observations to files; it cannot save to the online log. Exported CSV contains the loaded records only.

Date / timeRPMSpeed · knFuel · L/hL/nmLoad · kg

Measured-data comparison pending: no observations loaded. There is no validated CFD performance curve yet.

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