Compute the retarding force of water on the ship, based on a drag law
\((1/2)*rho*Cs*A*vs^2\)
where rho
is water density taken to be 1024 (kg/m^3), Cs
is drag coefficient
stored in parms
and A
is area, also stored in parms, and
vs` is
the ship speed (m/s).
shipWaterForce(vs, parms)
Ship speed in m/s. (Consider using knot2mps()
if you
prefer to think of speeds in knots.)
A named list holding model parameters, created by
parameters()
.
Water drag force (N).