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Technical reports

Validation work carried out by Advik Protofab, written up in full and set against independent references. Each report states its evidence, its method, the agreement obtained and the uncertainty that remains. Abstracts are published here. The reports themselves are released on request.

Report APPL-HRC-01 rev A Issued 2026-10-23 Current

Technical report · Model-scale hull CFD

Hull Resistance CFD

A four-level grid study of a single-screw merchant hull at model scale, from 1.65 to 21.3 million cells, with viscous resistance verified by the ASME V&V 20 procedure.

11 sections. 4 headline findings. At revision A.

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Report APPL-PGV-01 rev B Issued 2026-10-05 Current

Technical report · Fixed-pitch marine propellers

Propeller Geometry Validation

How closely a parametric propeller model reproduces four manufactured propellers: their blade geometry, boss, mass and inertia, measured against the figures on the makers' own drawings.

15 sections and an appendix. 5 headline findings. At revision B, 2 revisions issued.

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