SHELL CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN MARINE AND OFFSHORE ENGINEERING,

RIVERS STATE UNIVERSITY

EXPERIMENTAL METHODS IN MARINE AND OCEAN ENGINEERING

SHIP RESISTANCE MODEL TEST OF

TRAWLER MODEL
LABORATORY TEST REPORT

11/11/2018

Daniel Inemugha
Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1 – OBJECTIVES.................................................................................................................... 2
CHAPTER 2 – INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................. 2
CHAPTER 3 – EQUIPMENT USED ......................................................................................................... 3
CHAPTER 4 – PROCEDURE AND PROTOCOL ...................................................................................... 3
4.1 Model Preparation ...................................................................................................................... 3
4.2 Main particulars for both ship and model for trawler ............................................................. 3
4.3 Applied Froude Scaling Procedure for the test ......................................................................... 4
CHAPTER 5 – RESULTS ............................................................................................................................. 4
5.1 Graph Rtm (N) VS Vm (m/s) ............................................................................................................. 6
5.2 Full Scale Effective Power Curve (Pe (kW) VS Vs (m/s)) ................................................................. 7
CHAPTER 6 – DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION ........................................................................................ 7
CHAPTER 1 – OBJECTIVES

 To carry out resistance prediction using model test for a 100 m trawler in calm
water condition.
 To predict total resistance of ship using ITTC 1978 Performance Prediction
Method for Single Screw Ships.
 To present the result of the total resistance and the effective power for the
trawler.
 To compare the resistance and powering result from extrapolation (model test).
 To obtain the total resistance for model for various speeds as tabulated in Table 1
 To extrapolate the total resistance of model to total resistance of ship using ITTC
 1978 Performance Prediction Method for Single Screw Ships.
 To obtain the effective power versus the ship speed in knots.

CHAPTER 2 – INTRODUCTION

Ship powering prediction is a substantial part of the ship design process, resistance of a
ship is the first and foremost quantity of interest when speaking of ship hydrodynamics
performance

In the resistance test the ship model was towed by the carriage and the ship model total
resistance, heave and water temperature were measured for various speeds. During the
measuring run the ship model is free to heave and pitch.

In the extrapolation of the resistance test results Froude’s hypothesis and similarity law
is followed. According to Froude’s hypothesis the resistance of a ship (or of its model)
can be split up into two independent components, one (the viscous component) being
proportional to the (frictional) resistance of a flat plate of the same length and wetted
surface area when towed at the same speed and another component RW which follows
Froude’s similarity law. The proportionality factor between the viscous component and
the flat plate resistance is called the form factor (1+k) because it corrects for the effect
of the three-dimensional hull form.
CHAPTER 3 – EQUIPMENT USED

1. Towing Tank (60m by 2m) and a 1.50m trawler scaled model made from GRP (glass
reinforced plastic) with a 1:20 scale ratio
2. Wave Maker
3. Hydraulic Workbench
4. Electrical System
5. Workstations
6. Fire detection and Prevention System
7. Auxiliary Power Generation Systems
8. MS Excel program for manual calculation

CHAPTER 4 – PROCEDURE AND PROTOCOL

4.1 Model Preparation

The model was prepared with the following steps:-

1. A model trawler which is geometrically similar to the actual ship was
constructed
(already constructed).
2. The model is fitted with a stern tube of 17.2mm internal diameter to allow a
stern tube or wake rake of 17mm outside diameter to be fitted.
3. The hull is marked 10 vertical stations Number at the Aft Perpendicular (AP)
and number 10 at the Forward Perpendicular (FP)
4. The models longitudinal centre of mass (LCG) is located 5mm rear of
the 5th station Midships Perpendicular (MP) when trimmed to the
design water line.
5. Before the model is run, the corresponding model speed is determined.
10 runs were conducted.
6. The model’s total resistance values were obtained after each run.

4.2 Main particulars for both ship and model for trawler

Desig Units Ship Model

nation
Length Overall M 30 1.500
Breadth Moulded m 6.80 0.340
Depth Moulded m 6.92 0.346
Draft m 3.20 0.160
Length Waterline m 28.74 1.437
Displacement mass in seawater m^3 392 0.049
Wetted surface area bare hull m2 304.80 0.762
4.3 Applied Froude Scaling Procedure for the test

CHAPTER 5 – RESULTS
Test No Vs (m/s) Vm Rtm (N) Heave Water Ls Lm kin viscosity
(m/s) Temp (m2/s)
1 1.118034 0.25 0.16 215.593 25 30 1.5 8.93E-07
2 2.236068 0.5 0.574 215.593 25 30 1.5 8.93E-07
3 3.354102 0.75 1.356 215.593 25 30 1.5 8.93E-07
4 4.472136 1 3.108 215.593 25 30 1.5 8.93E-07
5 5.142956 1.15 6.108 215.593 25 30 1.5 8.93E-07
6 5.59017 1.25 7.492 215.593 25 30 1.5 8.93E-07
7 6.037384 1.35 9.895 215.593 25 30 1.5 8.93E-07
8 6.708204 1.5 12.957 215.593 25 30 1.5 8.93E-07
9 7.826238 1.75 30.961 215.593 25 30 1.5 8.93E-07
10 8.944272 2 63.48 215.593 25 30 1.5 8.93E-07
 Rnm Cfm (x10-3) Ctm (x10-3) Cr (x10-3) Rns Cfs (x10- Rfm Rrm
3)
4.20E+05 0.005712767 0.006737355 0.0010246 2.82E+07 2.52E-03 1.36E-01 2.40E-02
8.40E+05 0.00486995 0.006042565 0.0011726 5.64E+07 2.27E-03 4.64E-01 1.10E-01
1.26E+06 0.004460657 0.006344343 0.0018837 8.46E+07 2.13E-03 9.56E-01 4.00E-01
1.68E+06 0.004200767 0.00817957 0.0039788 1.13E+08 2.05E-03 1.60E+00 1.51E+00
1.93E+06 0.00408263 0.01215494 0.0080723 1.30E+08 2.01E-03 2.06E+00 4.05E+00
2.10E+06 0.004014508 0.012619066 0.0086046 1.41E+08 1.98E-03 2.39E+00 5.10E+00
2.27E+06 0.003953133 0.014288865 0.0103357 1.52E+08 1.96E-03 2.74E+00 7.15E+00
2.52E+06 0.003871367 0.01515554 0.0112842 1.69E+08 1.93E-03 3.32E+00 9.64E+00
2.94E+06 0.003756233 0.026606537 0.0228503 1.97E+08 1.89E-03 4.38E+00 2.66E+01
3.36E+06 0.003660601 0.041766337 0.0381057 2.26E+08 1.86E-03 5.58E+00 5.79E+01

Rrs Rfs Cts (x10- Rts (kN) Pe (kW) Fr

3)
1.31E+03 5.71E-01 3.95E-03 7.72E-01 0.863038 0.065172
4.70E+03 2.08E+00 3.84E-03 3.00E+00 6.713132 0.130344
1.11E+04 4.45E+00 4.42E-03 7.77E+00 26.06925 0.195515
2.55E+04 7.65E+00 6.43E-03 2.01E+01 89.87576 0.260687
5.01E+04 9.95E+00 1.05E-02 4.33E+01 222.9006 0.29979
6.14E+04 1.16E+01 1.10E-02 5.37E+01 300.1466 0.325859
8.11E+04 1.34E+01 1.27E-02 7.24E+01 436.9324 0.351928
1.06E+05 1.64E+01 1.36E-02 9.58E+01 642.7711 0.391031
2.54E+05 2.19E+01 2.51E-02 2.41E+02 1884.57 0.456203
5.20E+05 2.82E+01 4.04E-02 5.05E+02 4516.142 0.521375
5.1 Graph Rtm (N) VS Vm (m/s)
Vm (m/s) Rtm (N)
0.25 0.16
0.5 0.574
0.75 1.356
1 3.108
1.15 6.108
1.25 7.492
1.35 9.895
1.5 12.957
1.75 30.961
2 63.48

Model Scale Resistance Curve

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10

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Rtm

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0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6
Vm
5.2 Full Scale Effective Power Curve (Pe (kW) VS Vs (m/s))
Vs (m/s) Pe (kW)
1.118034 0.863038
2.236068 6.713132
3.354102 26.06925
4.472136 89.87576
5.142956 222.9006
5.59017 300.1466
6.037384 436.9324
6.708204 642.7711
7.826238 1884.57
8.944272 4516.142

CHAPTER 6 – DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION

From the experiment of resistance test of the trawler model, we can conclude that it was
successful in achieving its objectives that are to design and implement a resistance test of
a trawler model and derive a full scale resistance.

Although the temperature of the towing tank water was fluctuating around 25 degrees, it
was assumed to be 25 degrees throughout.

From the result, we saw that the full scale effective power curve was similar to the curves
Pe Vs Vs in the theories. This further validated this experiment.