R: Simulate Whale Ship Strikes

# Simulate Whale Ship Strikes

## Documentation for package ‘whalestrike’ version 0.6.2

- DESCRIPTION file
- User guides, package vignettes and other documentation
- Package NEWS
- Package README

## Help Pages

app | GUI application for whale simulation
app_2025 | GUI app for interactive whale-strike simulations (OLD VERSION, no longer maintained)
derivative | Calculate derivative using first difference
dynamics | Dynamical law
fillplot | Draw polygon between two xy curves
knot2mps | Convert a speed in knots to a speed in m/s
lethalityIndexFromStress | Compute lethality index, based on compression stress
maximumLethalityIndex | Find maximum Lethality Index during a strike
mps2knot | Convert a speed in m/s to a speed in knots
parameters | Set parameters for a whale strike simulation
pin | Pin numerical values between stated limits
plot.strike | Plot a strike object
raymond2007 | Whale blubber stress-strain relationship
shipAreaFromMass | Compute ship wetted area from mass
shipLength | Nominal ship length in m
shipMassFromLength | Ship displacement in kg based on vessel type and length
shipWaterForce | Ship Drag Force
sol20200708 | Reference strike() solution
stressFromLethalityIndex | Compute stress, based on lethality index
stressFromStrainFunction | Create a function for stress in laminated layers
strike | Simulate the collision of a ship and a whale
summary.parameters | Summarize a parameters object
summary.strike | Summarize the parameters of a simulation, and its results
updateParameters | Update parameters
whaleAreaFromLength | Whale projected area, as function of length
whaleCompressionForce | Whale compression force
whaleLengthFromMass | Compute whale length from mass
whaleMassFromLength | Whale mass inferred from length
whaleMeasurements | Get values for various whale measurements
whaleShape | Whale side-view shape
whaleSkinForce | Skin force
whaleWaterForce | Whale Drag Force