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The improvement reduction of total ship resistance due to using X-bow form

M. A. Mosaad, M.M. Gafaary, W. Yehia and H.M. Hassan.


Naval Architecture and Marine Eng. Dept., Faculty of Eng., University of Port said, Egypt.

Abstract
Ship hydrodynamic studies are executed to improve hull form for minimizing the total ship
resistance which reflects on capital and running cost by reducing fuel consumption. A good
investigation reduction in total ship resistance is shown due to fitting bulbous bow.
However, further research work on different bow shape is needed. This present work offers
the effect of using new innovative X-bow shape to minimize the total ship resistance. The
work involves a numerical simulated flow around hull model to estimate the total ship
resistance using computational fluid dynamics, CFD. The numerical total ship resistance
output results data of series 60 hull with conventional bow were validated with existing
experimental model test. For accurate results output, numerical study is performed to
choose an optimum turbulence model. Geometrical modification on the series 60 hull by
adding delta-type bulb and new innovative X-bow on the fore portion are done. Similar
works are done using KCS and DTMB 5415 hull models. The work has shown significant
reduction in total ship resistance due to using the X-bow for the range of Froude number
from 0.18 to 0.45, if compared with the original hull of series60, KCS or DTMB 5415 for
the same range.

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