By Dr Lawrence Julian Doctors

Journal articles

Zilman G; Doctors LJ; Miloh T, 1996, 'The influoence of a bottom mud layer on the resistance of marine vehicles', Ship Technology Research, pp. 51 - 61

DOCTORS LJ, 1993, 'On the Use of Pressure Distributions to Model the Hydrodynamics of Air‐Cushion Vehicles and Surface‐Effect Ships', Naval Engineers Journal, 105, pp. 69 - 89, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1559-3584.1993.tb02264.x

Doctors LJ, 1991, 'Some hydrodynamic aspects of catamarans', Some hydrodynamic aspects of catamarans

Doctors LJ, 1991, 'Some hydrodynamic aspects of catamarans', Some hydrodynamic aspects of catamarans

Doctors LJ, 1986, 'Application of the collocation and Galerkin approaches to potential-flow solutions by the boundary-element method.', Application of the collocation and Galerkin approaches to potential-flow solutions by the boundary-element method.

Doctors LJ, 1986, 'Application of the collocation and Galerkin approaches to potential-flow solutions by the boundary-element method.',

Doctors LJ; Kelly DW, 1983, 'RANK DEFICIENCY IN THE SURFACE-SINGULARITY METHOD FOR POTENTIAL-FLOW PROBLEMS.', , 2

Doctors LJ; Dagan G, 1980, 'Comparison of nonlinear wave-resistance theories for a two-dimensional pressure distribution', Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 98, pp. 647 - 672, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S002211208000033X

Doctors LJ, 1977, 'The effect of air compressibility on the nonlinear motion of an air cushion vehicle over waves.', The effect of air compressibility on the nonlinear motion of an air cushion vehicle over waves.

DOCTORS LJ, 1976, 'THE HYDRODYNAMIC POWER RADIATED BY A HEAVING AND PITCHING AIR-CUSHION VEHICLE.', THE HYDRODYNAMIC POWER RADIATED BY A HEAVING AND PITCHING AIR-CUSHION VEHICLE.

Doctors LJ, 1975, 'The experimental wave resistance of an accelerating two-dimensional pressure distribution', Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 72, pp. 513 - 527, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0022112075003114

DOCTORS LJ, 1975, 'NONLINEAR MOTION OF AN AIR-CUSHION VEHICLE OVER WAVES', NONLINEAR MOTION OF AN AIR-CUSHION VEHICLE OVER WAVES

DOCTORS LJ, 1975, 'NONLINEAR MOTION OF AN AIR-CUSHION VEHICLE OVER WAVES', NONLINEAR MOTION OF AN AIR-CUSHION VEHICLE OVER WAVES

DOCTORS LJ, 1975, 'THE EXPERIMENTAL WAVE RESISTANCE OF AN ACCELERATING PRESSURE BAND.', THE EXPERIMENTAL WAVE RESISTANCE OF AN ACCELERATING PRESSURE BAND.

DOCTORS LJ, 1975, 'THE EXPERIMENTAL WAVE RESISTANCE OF AN ACCELERATING PRESSURE BAND.', THE EXPERIMENTAL WAVE RESISTANCE OF AN ACCELERATING PRESSURE BAND.

Doctors LJ, 1974, 'HYDRODYNAMIC INFLUENCE ON THE NON-LINEAR MOTION OF AN ACV OVER WAVES.', Proceedings of the Tenth Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics, pp. 389 - 420

DOCTORS LJ, 1974, 'THE HYDRODYNAMIC INFLUENCE ON THE NONLINEAR MOTION OF AN AIR-CUSHION VEHICLE OVER WAVES.', THE HYDRODYNAMIC INFLUENCE ON THE NONLINEAR MOTION OF AN AIR-CUSHION VEHICLE OVER WAVES.

DOCTORS LJ; SHARMA SD, 1973, 'THE ACCELERATION OF AN AIR CUSHION VEHICLE UNDER THE ACTION OF A PROPULSOR.', Journal of Ship Research, 17

DOCTORS LJ; SHARMA SD, 1972, 'THE WAVE RESISTANCE OF AN AIR-CUSHION VEHICLE IN STEADY AND ACCELERATED MOTION.', Journal of Ship Research, 16

Doctors LJ, 1970, 'An application of the finite element technique to boundary value problems of potential flow', International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 2, pp. 243 - 252, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nme.1620020209

Conference Papers

Doctors LJ, 2021, 'The Wave System of the Sydney Harbor RiverCat Ferry', in SNAME International Conference on Fast Sea Transportation 2021. FAST 2021, http://dx.doi.org/10.5957/FAST-2021-007

Doctors LJ, 2016, 'The Raked-Wedge Hull: A Severe Test of Linear Wave-Making Theory', in Beck RF; Maki KJ (ed.), Proc. Thirty-First International Workshop on Water Waves and Floating Bodie, Thirty-First International Workshop on Water Waves and Floating Bodies, Plymouth, Michigan, pp. 33 - 36, presented at Thirty-First International Workshop on Water Waves and Floating Bodies, Plymouth, Michigan, -

Doctors LJ, 2015, 'A Theoretical Study of the Optimal Dynaplane Vessel', in McKesson CB (ed.), A Theoretical Study of the Optimal Dynaplane Vessel, Washington, DC, presented at Proc. Thirteenth International Conference on Fast Sea Transportation (FAST '15), Washington, DC, 01 September 2015 - 04 September 2015, http://www.sname.org/fast2015/home

Doctors LJ, 2014, 'Experiments on the Resistance and Lift of a Surface-Effect-Ship Bow Seal', in Kim K-H (ed.), The Thirtieth Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics, US Office of Naval Research, Hobart, Tasmania, presented at 30th Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics, Hobart, Tasmania, 02 November 2014 - 07 November 2014, http://www.iihr.uiowa.edu/shiphydro/

Wiggins A; Zalek S; Doctors LJ; Perlin M; Ceccio S; Etter R; Wilson R, 2012, 'Surface-Effect-Ship Bow-Seal High-Reynolds-Number Experiments', in Beck RF (ed.), Proc. Twenty-Ninth Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics, Office of Naval Research, Washington, DC, pp. 1 - 20, presented at Twenty-Ninth Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics, Gothenburg, Sweden, 26 August 2012 - 31 August 2012

Wiggins A; Zalek S; Perlin ; Ceccio ; Doctors LJ; Etter , 2011, 'Development of a Large Scale Surface Effect Ship Bow Seal Testing Platform', in Proc. Eleventh International Conference on Fast Sea Transportation (FAST '11), American Society of Naval Engineers, Washington, DC, pp. 1 - 11, presented at 11th International Conference on Fast Sea Transportation, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, 26 September 2011 - 29 September 2011

McKesson C; Doctors LJ, 2011, 'Scaling of Resistance from Surface-Effect Ship Model Tests', in Proc. Eleventh International Conference on Fast Sea Transportation (FAST '11), American Society of Naval Engineers, Washington, DC, pp. 1 - 9, presented at 11th International Conference on Fast Sea Transportation, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, 26 September 2011 - 29 September 2011

Bhusan ; Stern ; Doctors LJ, 2011, 'T-Craft Calm Water Resistance and Motions, and Seakeeping in Regular Waves', in Proc. Eleventh International Conference on Fast Sea Transportation (FAST '11), American Society of Naval Engineers, Washington, DC, pp. 1 - 8, presented at 11th International Conference on Fast Sea Transportation, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, 26 September 2011 - 29 September 2011

Wiggins AD; Zalek SF; Perlin M; Ceccio SL; Doctors LJ; Etter RJ, 2011, 'Development of a large scale surface effect ship bow seal testing platform', in 11th International Conference on Fast Sea Transportation, FAST 2011 - Proceedings, pp. 49 - 56

McKesson CB; Doctors LJ, 2011, 'Scaling of resistance from surface-effect ship model tests', in 11th International Conference on Fast Sea Transportation, FAST 2011 - Proceedings, pp. 65 - 73

Bhushan S; Stern F; Doctors LJ, 2011, 'T-Craft calm water resistance and motions, and seakeeping in regular waves', in 11th International Conference on Fast Sea Transportation, FAST 2011 - Proceedings, pp. 74 - 81

Doctors LJ; Zalek S, 2010, 'Experimental Study of the Resistance of Surface-Effect Ship Seals', in Experimental Study of the Resistance of Surface-Effect Ship Seals, Office of Naval research, Arlington, Virginia, pp. 1 - 17, presented at Twenty-Eighth Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics, Pasadena, California, 12 September 2010 - 17 September 2010

McKesson CB; Doctors LJ, 2010, 'Whole-Ship Simulation in the Design of Surface-Effect Ships', in Grand Challenges in Modeling and Simulation Symposium 2010 (GCMS 2010) Book 3, Curran Associates, Inc., Red Hook, NY, USA, pp. 1 - 8, presented at Grand Challenges in Simulation and Modeling Conference, Ottawa, Canada, 11 July 2010 - 14 July 2010

Maki KJ; Doctors LJ; Broglia R; Di Mascio A; McKesson C, 2009, 'Calm-Water Resistance Prediction of a Surface-Effect Ship', in Air Cushion Vehicles and Surface Effect Craft, RINA, presented at Air Cushion Vehicles and Surface Effect Craft, http://dx.doi.org/10.3940/rina.acv.2009.01

Doctors LJ, 2009, 'A Study of the Resistance Characteristics of Surface-Effect-Ship Seals', in Proc. High-Performance Marine Vehicle Symposium, American Society of Naval Engineers, Alexandria, Virginia, USA, presented at High-Performance Marine-Vehicle Symposium, Linthicum, Maryland

Maki KJ; Doctors LJ; Broglia A; McKesson C; DiMascio A, 2009, 'Calm-Water Resistance Prediction of a Surface-Effect Ship', in Williams A (ed.), Proc. International ACV and Surface Effect Craft Conference, Royal Institution of Naval Architects, London, pp. 1 - 9, presented at Proc. International ACV and Surface Effect Craft Conference, London, England

Maki KJ; Doctors LJ; Scher RM; Wilson WM; Rhee SH; Troesch AW; Beck RF, 2008, 'Conceptual design and hydrodynamic analysis of a high-speed sealift adjustable-length trimaran', in SNAME 2008 Annual Meeting & Expo - Where Industry & Technology Meet, Houston, Texas, presented at Celebrating our Past, Engineering our Future, Houston, Texas, 15 October 2008 - 17 October 2008

Doctors LJ, 2008, 'The unsteady growth of ship waves in a towing tank', in Proceedings 23rd International Workshop on Water Waves and Floating Bodies, Water Waves and Floating Bodies, Jeju, Korea, presented at Water Waves and Floating Bodies, Jeju, Korea, 13 April 2008 - 16 April 2008

Maki KJ; Doctors LJ; Scher RM; Wilson WM; Rhee SH; Troesch AW; Beck RF, 2008, 'Conceptual design and hydrodynamic analysis of a high-speed sealift adjustable-length trimaran', in SNAME Maritime Convention 2008, SMC 2008, http://dx.doi.org/10.5957/SMC-2008-048

Thomas G; Doctors LJ; Couser P; Hackett M, 2007, 'Catamaran motions in beam and oblique seas', in FAST 2007, Shanghai, China, presented at FAST 2007, Shanghai, China, 23 September 2007 - 27 September 2007

Clement EP; Doctors LJ; Hoyt III JG, 2007, 'The dynaplane design for planing motorboats', in FAST 2007, Shanghai, China, presented at FAST 2007, Shanghai, China, 23 September 2007 - 27 September 2007

Maki KJ; Doctors LJ; Beck RF, 2007, 'On the profile of the flow behind a transom stern', in Numerical Ship Hydrodynamics, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, presented at Numerical Ship Hydrodynamics, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, 05 August 2007 - 08 August 2007

Maki KJ; Doctors LJ; Rhee SH; Wilson WM; Beck RF; Troesch AW, 2007, 'Resistance prediction of a high-speed sealift trimaran', in Numerical Ship Hydrodynamics, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, presented at Numerical Ship Hydrodynamics, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, 05 August 2007 - 08 August 2007

Doctors LJ, 2007, 'A test of linearity in the generation of ship waves', in International Workshop on Water Waves and Floating Bodies, International Workshop on Water Waves and Floating Bodies, Croatia, presented at International Workshop on Water Waves and Floating Bodies, Croatia, 15 April 2007 - 18 April 2007

Doctors LJ; Young R; MacFarlane G, 2007, 'The influence of demihull beam, demihull separation and water depth on the wave generation of catamarans', in The Australian Naval Architect, Australian Division of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects., ACT, Australia, pp. 24 - 28

Hebblewhite K; Sahoo PK; Doctors LJ, 2006, 'A case study: theoretical and experimental analysis of motion characteristics of a trimaran hull form', in High performance marine vehicles, Launceston, presented at High performance marine vehicles, Launceston, 08 November 2006 - 10 November 2006

Doctors LJ, 2006, 'A numerical study of the resistance of transom-stern monohulls', in High performance marine vehicles, Launceston, presented at High performance marine vehicles, Launceston, 08 November 2006 - 10 November 2006

Doctors LJ; McKesson CB, 2006, 'The resistance components of a surface-effect ship', in Naval Hydrodynamics 2006, Rome, Italy, presented at Naval Hydrodynamics 2006, Rome, Italy, 17 September 2006 - 22 September 2006

Doctors LJ, 2006, 'Investigation of the free-surface and resistane of transom-stern vessels', in Innovations in Maritime Technology - Visions and Progress, Innovations in Maritime Technology - Visions and Progress, Sydney, pp. 196 - 205, presented at Innovations in Maritime Technology - Visions and Progress, Sydney, 31 January 2006 - 02 February 2006

Sahoo PK; Doctors LJ; Pretlove L, 2006, 'CFD Prediction of the Wave Resistance of a Catamaran with Staggered Demihulls', in CFD Prediction of the Wave Resistance of a Catamaran with Staggered Demihulls, Visakhapatnam, India, Visakhapatnam, India

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