<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In order to evaluate the impacts of a motor vessel after installing wind sails, the aerodynamics of the sail should be accurately calculated. However most of the research on sails are based on stable wind instead of natural wind which is changing horizontally and vertically. In this paper wind tunnel tests are carried out based on stable wind field and simulated natural wind field, the results shown that there are 16–44% decrease in natural wind in terms of lifting coefficient and 11–42% decrease for drag coefficient. This would provide a valuable reference to the effectiveness evaluation of the impact of sails for sail assisted ships.</p></abstract>

In order to evaluate the impacts of a motor vessel after installing wind sails, the aerodynamics of the sail should be accurately calculated. However most of the research on sails are based on stable wind instead of natural wind which is changing horizontally and vertically. In this paper wind tunnel tests are carried out based on stable wind field and simulated natural wind field, the results shown that there are 16–44% decrease in natural wind in terms of lifting coefficient and 11–42% decrease for drag coefficient. This would provide a valuable reference to the effectiveness evaluation of the impact of sails for sail assisted ships.

Experimental Study of the Aerodynamics of Sail in Natural Wind

Polish Maritime Research

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In order to evaluate the impacts of a motor vessel after installing wind sails, the aerodynamics of the sail should be accurately calculated. However most of...

Experimental Study of the Aerodynamics of Sail in Natural Wind

Published Online: Sep 10, 2018

Page range: 17 - 22

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pomr-2018-0068

Keywords
Natural wind, Wind sail, Aerodynamics, Sail assisted ship

© 2018 Zeng Xiangming et al., published by Sciendo

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

Experimental Study of the Aerodynamics of Sail in Natural Wind

Published Online: Sep 10, 2018

Page range: 17 - 22

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pomr-2018-0068

KeywordsNatural wind, Wind sail, Aerodynamics, Sail assisted ship

© 2018 Zeng Xiangming et al., published by Sciendo

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

Keywords
Natural wind, Wind sail, Aerodynamics, Sail assisted ship