Reduction of the fuel oil consumption and corresponding greenhouse gas exhausted from ships is an important issue for today's ship design and shipping. Several design concepts and device on the superstructure of a container ship were suggested and tested in the wind tunnel to estimate the air drag reduction. As a preliminary performance evaluation, air drag contributions of each part of the superstructure and containers were estimated based on RANS simulations respectively. Air drag reduction efficiency of shape modification and add-on devices on the superstructure and containers was also estimated. Gap-protectors between containers stacks and a visor in front of upper deck were found to be most effective for drag reduction. Wind tunnel tests had been carried out to confirm the drag reduction performance between the base (without any modification) configuration and two modified superstructure configurations which were designed and chosen based on the computation results. The test results with the modified configurations show considerable aerodynamic drag reduction; especially the gap-protectors between containers show the largest reduction for the wide range of heading angles. RANS computations for three configurations were performed and compared with the wind tunnel tests. Computation result shows the similar drag reduction trend with experiment for small heading angles.
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The Twenty-fifth International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference
June 21–26, 2015
Kona, Hawaii, USA
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978-1-880653-89-0
Design and Performance Evaluation of Superstructure Modification for Air Drag Reduction of a Container ship
Yoonsik Kim;
Yoonsik Kim
Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering
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Kwang-Soo Kim;
Kwang-Soo Kim
Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering
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Suak-Ho Van;
Suak-Ho Van
Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering
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Yoo-Chul Kim;
Yoo-Chul Kim
Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering
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Jin Kim
Jin Kim
Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering
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Paper presented at the The Twenty-fifth International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference, Kona, Hawaii, USA, June 2015.
Paper Number:
ISOPE-I-15-700
Published:
June 21 2015
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Kim, Yoonsik, Kim, Kwang-Soo, Jeong, Seong-Wook, Jeong, Seung-Gyu, Van, Suak-Ho, Kim, Yoo-Chul, and Jin Kim. "Design and Performance Evaluation of Superstructure Modification for Air Drag Reduction of a Container ship." Paper presented at the The Twenty-fifth International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference, Kona, Hawaii, USA, June 2015.
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