<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> During the design of the ship the most important decisions are made at the stage of preliminary design. One of the most important design parameters assumed by the shipowner is its service speed in real weather conditions occurring in the shipping line. For this speed, at the stage of preliminary design, when are known only to the basic geometric parameters of the ship and its motor power should be determined. In practice, design, power propulsion is determined with a very approximate formulas but for the speed in calm water. Only after the project contract and the signing of the contract are carried out by means of resistance and self-propulsion of model test. The article presents the concept of the method for determining the power propulsion for the assumed service speed, which depends only on the basic geometric parameters of the ship’s hull.</p></abstract>

During the design of the ship the most important decisions are made at the stage of preliminary design. One of the most important design parameters assumed by the shipowner is its service speed in real weather conditions occurring in the shipping line. For this speed, at the stage of preliminary design, when are known only to the basic geometric parameters of the ship and its motor power should be determined. In practice, design, power propulsion is determined with a very approximate formulas but for the speed in calm water. Only after the project contract and the signing of the contract are carried out by means of resistance and self-propulsion of model test. The article presents the concept of the method for determining the power propulsion for the assumed service speed, which depends only on the basic geometric parameters of the ship’s hull.

Prediction Power Propulsion of the Ship at the Stage of Preliminary Design. Part I: Forecasting Method for Power Propulsion of Ship at the Stage of Preliminary Design

Dr. Hab. Inż. Maritime University of Szczecin, Faculty of Navigation, Wały Chrobrego 1-2, 70-500 Szczecin,

Hab. inż. Prof. AM. Maritime University of Szczecin, Faculty of Navigation, Wały Chrobrego 1-2, 70-500 Szczecin,

Management Systems in Production Engineering

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During the design of the ship the most important decisions are made at the stage of preliminary design. One of the most important design parameters assumed by...

Prediction Power Propulsion of the Ship at the Stage of Preliminary Design. Part I: Forecasting Method for Power Propulsion of Ship at the Stage of Preliminary Design

Published Online: Apr 22, 2017

Page range: 125 - 130

Received: Oct 01, 2016

Accepted: Jan 01, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mspe-2017-0019

Keywords
power propulsion, service speed, preliminary design

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Prediction Power Propulsion of the Ship at the Stage of Preliminary Design. Part I: Forecasting Method for Power Propulsion of Ship at the Stage of Preliminary Design

Published Online: Apr 22, 2017

Page range: 125 - 130

Received: Oct 01, 2016

Accepted: Jan 01, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mspe-2017-0019

Keywordspower propulsion, service speed, preliminary design

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
power propulsion, service speed, preliminary design