Journal of Ship and Ocean Technology

The Society of Naval Architects of Korea (대한조선학회)
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Hydrodynamic Performance of a 2,500-ton Class Trimaran

  • Kang, kuk-Jin (Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering, KORDI) ;
  • Lee, Chun-Ju (Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering, KORDI) ;
  • Kim, Sun-Young (Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering, KORDI) ;
  • Park, Yun-Rak (Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering, KORDI) ;
  • Lee, Jin-Tae (Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering, KORDI)
  • Published : 2002.06.01
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Abstract

This paper describes the powering, seakeeping and maneuvering performances for a 2,500-ton class trimaran. Influence of the side-hull forms and location of those in longitudinal and transverse direction to resistance performance was systematically investigated by a series of model tests and numerical calculations. It was found that the longitudinal location of side-hulls was the most influential design parameter to the resistance performance of the trimaran and the optimum location of side-hull depends on ship speeds. When the side-hull stem is located near the primary wave hollow generated by the main hull, the trimaran shows the best resistance performance. Powering performance of the trimaran is superior to those of similar mono-hull ships. Seakeeping model tests for the trimaran were executed and the results were compared with the theoretical results of a similar mono-hull ship. Generally speaking, seakeeping performance of the trimaran is superior to that of a mono-hull ship. In particular, pitching and rolling performance of the trimaran is excellent, which is due to the increased length and breadth. Maneuvering model tests using a HPMM equipment were executed to evaluate the maneuvering performance of the trimaran. Maneuvering simulation was performed using the maneuvering coefficients from the model tests. The results show that the control ability of heading angle and the direction keeping stability of the trimaran is excellent, even though the turning performance is rather worse compared to those of a similar mono-hull ship.

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