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Investigating The Application Of Flettner Rotors On The Great Lakes, Garrett C. Bond
Investigating The Application Of Flettner Rotors On The Great Lakes, Garrett C. Bond
Senior Honors Theses
Climate change is quickly becoming one of the leading problems of the twenty-first century, and the maritime transportation sector is beginning to react. Wind propulsion technologies have been making a comeback led by the Flettner rotor. The deck-mounted, vertical, spinning cylinder generates a lift (or thrust) force perpendicular to the wind by utilizing the Magnus effect. Rotor performance has been studied extensively on many ocean shipping routes, but has not been on the Great Lakes, a region with a large maritime industry. This study aims to assess whether or not Flettner rotors are practical in the region by calculating propulsive …
Design Of An Ice-Class Propeller For The Mv Yahtse, An Icebreaking, Car And Cargo, Roro Ferry, Mara Kramer
Design Of An Ice-Class Propeller For The Mv Yahtse, An Icebreaking, Car And Cargo, Roro Ferry, Mara Kramer
Senior Honors Theses
During early-stage ship design, a propulsion system must be matched with data from a resistance and propulsion analysis to determine the propulsion power required for the vessel to run at its design speed. Typically, this process is completed within NavCAD; however, NavCAD does not have a method to calculate icebreaking resistance or design a propeller to meet the ice-class criteria stipulated by the International Association of Classification Societies (IACS). This paper displays and discusses Python scripts written to complete the resistance and propulsion analysis, propeller optimization, and propeller structural design meeting IACS criteria for an icebreaking, RoRo car and cargo …
Damage Stability Of Inland Towboats, Kyle Stephen Tyson
Damage Stability Of Inland Towboats, Kyle Stephen Tyson
Senior Honors Theses
The focus of this report is to investigate whether a towboat would be able meet damaged stability requirements. In order to evaluate what type of damage stability requirements could be considered, two damage stability criteria were selected for this investigation: Offshore Supply Vessel and Passenger Vessel Damage Criteria. Two vessels are then evaluated using General Hydrostatic Software (GHS) to find the maximum allowable vertical center of gravity allowed by each set of criteria. These values are then compared to the vessels’ operating conditions to show if the vessels would currently be able to operate. Ultimately it is found that the …