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At VPLP Design we are convinced that a successful boat is often the result of a remarkable human adventure. We are passionate about performance, in the widest sense of the word. Performance is, of course, about speed but it’s also about energy-efficient propulsion. Designing “zero emission” boats is the fruit of all our skills combined.
VPLP Design. Manifesto is a “concept boat” and a veritable policy statement from VPLP because, rather than designing a boat with several superimposed decks which are completely detached from the sea and nature, the firm argues for a similar surface area spread across a beamier catamaran which is more stable, closer to the water, and infused ...
2023. Maritime. Looking to develop a fast sailing ship to provide a shipping service between Europe and the USA, French start-up VELA asked VPLP Design to explore the range of possibilities in this fledgling sector of zero-carbon transport of goods by sea. This led to the design of a 65 m schooner-rigged trimaran which can carry 350 tonnes ...
Apr 19, 2024 · Making its world debut in a preview at the International Multihull Show, the GP70 the GP70 showed off its sleek lines. Designed for high-speed blue water cruising, this VPLP design was initially intended for series production by a well-known shipyard at La Grande-Motte, but ultimately, the project has been taken on by Trimarine, based on the Tagus River near Lisbon, Portugal.
- Methodology
- A Novel Mesh Generation Approach Based on Fidelity Automesh
- The Importance of Fluid-Structure Interaction
- Conclusions and Perspectives
Being able to find the best position of a hydrofoil in a single computation implies that the target lift force should become an input of the simulation. The CFD code should automatically find a dynamic equilibrium position and reach the desired lift force at the same time. A new feature has been developed in Fine Marine to reach this objective and ...
The proposed approach is to start NUMECA’s full hex unstructured grid generator Fidelity Automesh(previously Hexpress) from an initial curved block that follows the shape of the hydrofoil (see figure 2). This ensures a high-quality mesh at the hydrofoil surfaces but also at the domain boundaries. Figure 1: 3D representation of the wake of the hydro...
Because the hydrofoils are the only part of the sailing boat touching the water during their flight, they are exposed to high-pressure forces, and their structure can deform sufficiently to influence their performance, even if this deformation will stay relatively small and linear. Hence, a modal approach can be used, which only requires the mode s...
VPLP managed to reduce the simulation time of their design process by a factor of eight while assessing more physics than before. With Cadence's software dedicated to marine hydrodynamics, they are able to study a large number of variants of their hydrofoils with a reliable, fast, and robust process. As a next step, the power of Cadence's Fidelity ...
Jul 20, 2023 · Courtesy VPLP. Paragon illustrates VPLP Design ’s quest for excellence. This fast 85’ (26 m) monohull was conceived like a flawless diamond, shaped for its visual perfection and technical performance. This project opens the door to a new era of vessels inspired by maxi sailing boats and foilers, both inshore and offshore.
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VPLP. VPLP Design is a leading international team of French naval architects and designers that has been designing sailing yachts and motor boats for over 30 years. The two leading architects are Marc Van Peteghem and Vincent Lauriot Prévost. They have worked closely with many multihull manufacturers including Lagoon, Gunboat and Outremer and ...
