10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BULBOUS BOW»
Discover the use of
bulbous bow in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
bulbous bow and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Ship Design for Efficiency and Economy
Even at speeds where the resistances are equal and the propeller thrust loading
coefficients roughly similar, there is usually an improvement of several per cent in
the bulbous bow alternative (Fig. 2.18). Kracht (1973) provides one explanation ...
Volker Bertram, H. Schneekluth, 1998
The combination of Froude number and block coefficient at which a bulbous bow
is likely to be advantageous. Some deductions can, however, be made from Fig.
8. 1 and in general it appears that if a bulbous bow is not advantageous at the ...
3
The Damage Inflicted by Ships with
Bulbous Bows on ...
After evaluation and discussion of the bulbous bow and the docks, information is
presented which reveals the results of a survey of actual bulbous bow damage
that has occurred, and discusses the operational aspects of bulbous bow ships ...
4
Collision and Grounding of Ships and Offshore Structures
In this paper, the authors put forward a way to separate the bulbous bow from the
striking ship so as to protect the cargo hold structure of the struck ship from being
penetrated by partly using high tensile steel. The more real scenario supposing ...
Jorgen Amdahl, Sören Ehlers, Bernt Johan Leira, 2013
Science in Overseas Industry continued JAPAN Ship with new bulbous bow on
sea trials (Left) The standard bulbous bow originally fitted to the Kurenai Maru. (
Right) The new bulb, modified from the standard type. Above, Castle Donington ...
6
High Performance Marine Vessels
There is a sharp bulbous bow to reduce wave generation. The bulbous bow
serves the normal purpose of wave cancellation to minimize wave making drag.
The combination of finer waterline and bulbous bow optimized to the bow shape
also ...
Liang Yun, Alan Bliault, 2012
7
Highliners and Bottomfeeders
The bulbous bow - what is it? Authored by: Patrick J. Bray - Naval Architect
Brought to you by Martin's Marine Engineering Page. What is a bulbous bow? In
the late 1950s research was undertaken to reduce the drag on large commercial
...
8
Seventeenth Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics: Wakes, Free ...
For the bulbous bow there is a conspicuous secondary wave. Secondary waves
are also present for the step and the faired bow but are not as pronounced. The
discrepancy in the horizontal scaling could possibly be due to a secondary flow ...
9
Marine Propellers and Propulsion
The effect of the bulbous bow, therefore, is to cause a reduction, in the majority of
cases, of the effective power required to propel the vessel, the effective power PE
being defined as the product of the ship resistance and the ship speed at a ...
10
Practical Design of Ships and Other Floating Structures: ...
Scheme 1: the parent ship of DSMT tanker Scheme 2: the DSMT tanker with
modified bow (raising the center of gravity of bulbous bow) Scheme 3: the DSMT
tanker with modified stern (increasing the value of a/ b) Scheme 4: the DSMT
tanker ...
You-Sheng Wu, Guo-Jun Zhou, Wei-Cheng Cui, 2001
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BULBOUS BOW»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
bulbous bow is used in the context of the following news items.
French complete German pilots
Their beak bow, unlike a bulbous bow, is above the waterline and the German spokeswoman said the beak and a chined, duck-bill shaped hull ... «Maritime Journal, Jun 15»
Cecilia Eckelmann-Battistello presented with CI's Lifetime …
... one year ahead of target, through a variety of technological innovations including new hull designs and a bulbous bow retrofit programme. «Lloyd's List, Jun 15»
Perenco purchases revolutionary tanker
They are also the only tankers equipped with a bulbous bow designed primarily with open water performance in mind. The tankers and ... «Splash 247, May 15»
Naval Architects of Lore May Have Been Right After All
Foreship notes that tests conducted on a large cruise ship design with a vertical stem bow and one with a modern bulbous bow have showed ... «GCaptain, May 15»
Better for the challenges
Gray has also had a hand in the lines of the vessel: “The bulbous bow, sitting on a fairly straight stem, gives an extended waterline which lends ... «The Motorship, May 15»
World's First G45 Engine Passes TAT: Fully electronic control system …
A more technically advanced development drive is to optimise the afterbody and hull lines of the ship, including the bulbous bow, also ... «Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide, May 15»
Diving into a niche
... curves under to a flattish bottom: twin skegs help mitigate any rolling while a bulbous bow stretches the waterline for both economy and lends ... «Maritime Journal, May 15»
Male fin whale spotted dead in Vancouver's Burrard Inlet towed off …
“When it docked, a whale that had apparently been draped over the bulbous bow of the ship floated off,” Ford said Monday, after the whale was ... «News1130, May 15»
Dead fin whale pulled ashore in North Vancouver
The 14-metre-long body of the young male fin whale first came into Burrard Inlet Sunday, caught on the bulbous bow of the Seven Seas ... «North Shore News, May 15»
Super 'Nova'
Van Oosanens combination of a bilge hull form, a bulbous bow, and rigorous computational fluid dynamic testing and towing tank facilitation ... «Superyacht News - The Superyacht Report, May 15»
