Evaluation of a Small Inland Ferry’s Energy Requirements from the Acceleration Stage of Towing Tank Model Tests

Computing the power required to meet a ship’s operational needs is one of the most important tasks in naval design. The power required to propel a vessel is directly related to the resistance the hull experiences as it moves through the water. The conventional method of determining a ship’s resistan...

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Main Authors: Kunicka Magdalena, Wrzask Klaudia, Litwin Wojciech, Grygorowicz Mirosław, Zeratgaar Hamid
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Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2024-09-01
Series:Polish Maritime Research
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/pomr-2024-0034
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Litwin Wojciech
Grygorowicz Mirosław
Zeratgaar Hamid
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description Computing the power required to meet a ship’s operational needs is one of the most important tasks in naval design. The power required to propel a vessel is directly related to the resistance the hull experiences as it moves through the water. The conventional method of determining a ship’s resistance involves towing tank tests of ship models at a fixed speed; however, for short-range vessels, where constant speed is not the primary mode of operation, a dynamic model is needed. This paper demonstrates a way in which different operational motion profile models can be retrieved from the acceleration stage of towing tank tests. We show that the data from the acceleration stage, often overlooked in towing tank tests, allow us to derive the gliding equations of motion. A dynamic model of a small inland ferry on the Motława River in the city of Gdańsk is developed, which enables optimisation of the required power based on different operation profiles.
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spelling doaj-art-bc91eff2869d4ca0ad3d00e0269d41a52025-08-20T02:41:37ZengSciendoPolish Maritime Research2083-74292024-09-01313344110.2478/pomr-2024-0034Evaluation of a Small Inland Ferry’s Energy Requirements from the Acceleration Stage of Towing Tank Model TestsKunicka Magdalena0Wrzask Klaudia1Litwin Wojciech2Grygorowicz Mirosław3Zeratgaar Hamid41Poland2Gdansk University of Technology, Gdansk, Poland, Poland3Gdansk University of Technology, Gdansk, Poland, Poland4Gdansk University of Technology, Gdansk, Poland, Poland5Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Islamic Republic of IranComputing the power required to meet a ship’s operational needs is one of the most important tasks in naval design. The power required to propel a vessel is directly related to the resistance the hull experiences as it moves through the water. The conventional method of determining a ship’s resistance involves towing tank tests of ship models at a fixed speed; however, for short-range vessels, where constant speed is not the primary mode of operation, a dynamic model is needed. This paper demonstrates a way in which different operational motion profile models can be retrieved from the acceleration stage of towing tank tests. We show that the data from the acceleration stage, often overlooked in towing tank tests, allow us to derive the gliding equations of motion. A dynamic model of a small inland ferry on the Motława River in the city of Gdańsk is developed, which enables optimisation of the required power based on different operation profiles.https://doi.org/10.2478/pomr-2024-0034inland ferrygreen shippinghybridpower requirementacceleration stage towing testsadded mass
spellingShingle Kunicka Magdalena
Wrzask Klaudia
Litwin Wojciech
Grygorowicz Mirosław
Zeratgaar Hamid
Evaluation of a Small Inland Ferry’s Energy Requirements from the Acceleration Stage of Towing Tank Model Tests
Polish Maritime Research
inland ferry
green shipping
hybrid
power requirement
acceleration stage towing tests
added mass
title Evaluation of a Small Inland Ferry’s Energy Requirements from the Acceleration Stage of Towing Tank Model Tests
title_full Evaluation of a Small Inland Ferry’s Energy Requirements from the Acceleration Stage of Towing Tank Model Tests
title_fullStr Evaluation of a Small Inland Ferry’s Energy Requirements from the Acceleration Stage of Towing Tank Model Tests
title_full_unstemmed Evaluation of a Small Inland Ferry’s Energy Requirements from the Acceleration Stage of Towing Tank Model Tests
title_short Evaluation of a Small Inland Ferry’s Energy Requirements from the Acceleration Stage of Towing Tank Model Tests
title_sort evaluation of a small inland ferry s energy requirements from the acceleration stage of towing tank model tests
topic inland ferry
green shipping
hybrid
power requirement
acceleration stage towing tests
added mass
url https://doi.org/10.2478/pomr-2024-0034
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