• Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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• v.49 no.6
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• pp.491-497
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• 2012

A hull-form for a 32,000G/T class Ro-Pax ferry has developed in accordance with a need of ferry operators to reduce fuel oil consumption(FOC) due to the drastic increase in oil prices recently and strengthening of environmental rules and regulations such as CO2 emission. A twin-skeg type is applied as the hull-form in lieu of an open-shaft type in order to improve propulsion performance. In order to achieve this object, flow control devices are installed to reduce a propeller induced vibration which is a main reason to obstruct the application of twin-skeg type passenger vessels owing to an uncomfortable vibration level. Numerical simulation by using an in-house code and a commercial code (Fluent) has performed to find out an optimum design of the flow control devices and to check an improvement in cavity volume. Model tests in Samsung Ship Model Basin are carried out to evaluate propulsion performance with the developed twin-skeg type hull and a reference hull of open-shaft type. In conclusion, it is shown that the twin-skeg type hull is better than the open-shaft in FOC by around 7% and in cavity volume by 20% as well.

• Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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• v.53 no.4
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• pp.282-289
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• 2016

Traditional construction method of the stern tube is difficult to control the process and needs excessive working hours. Recently in order to resolve these issues, stern tube unit has been installed for some commercial vessels. The stern tube unit is a monolithic structure of bush and related components. The purpose of this study is to carry out a feasibility study for application of the stern tube unit for a 174K twin skeg LNG carrier. In this study, a 19,000 TEU container carrier installing the stern tube unit has been selected to compare with the deformations of stern for a 174K twin skeg LNG carrier.

• Journal of Ship and Ocean Technology
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.12-23
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• 2006

In this paper, a numerical study is carried out to investigate the turbulent flow around a twin-skeg container ship model with rudders including propeller effects. A commercial CFD code, FLUENT is used with body forces distributed on the propeller disk to simulate the ship stem and wake flows with the propeller in operation. A multi-block, matching, structured grid system has been generated for the container ship hull with twin-skegs in consideration of rudders and body-force propeller disks. The RANS equations for incompressible fluid flows are solved numerically by using a finite volume method. For the turbulence closure, a Reynolds stress model is used in conjunction with a wall function. Computations are carried out for the bare hull as well as the hull with appendages of a twin-skeg container ship model. For the bare hull, the computational results are compared with experimental data and show generally a good agreement. For the hull with appendages, the changes of the stem flow by the rudders and the propellers have been analyzed based on the computed result since there is no experimental data available for comparison. It is found the flow incoming to the rudders has an angle of attack due to the influence of the skegs and thereby the hull surface pressure and the limiting streamlines are changed slightly by the rudders. The axial velocity of the propeller disk is found to be accelerated overall by about 35% due to the propeller operation with the rudders. The area and the magnitude of low pressure on the hull surface enlarge with the flow acceleration caused by the propeller. The propellers are found to have an effect on up to the position where the skeg begins. The propeller slipstream is disturbed strongly by the rudders and the flow is accelerated further and the transverse velocity vectors are weakened due to the flow rectifying effect of the rudder.

• Journal of Korea Ship Safrty Technology Authority
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• s.37
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• pp.59-76
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• 2014

부선은 타 선박에 비해 운항조건 등의 특성상 많은 어려움과 위험에 노출된 채 해상운송 업무를 수행하고 있으며, 예부선 해양사고는 일반 선박보다 40%이상 높게 나타나고 있다. 본 연구는 부선의 안전운항에 필요한 정량적이고 객관적인 정보를 제공하기 위해 실무에서 가장 많이 사용되고 있는 선수 형상을 지닌 부선을 대상으로, skeg와 bridle이 부선의 회두운동에 미치는 영향 조사를 위한 수조실험을 통해 부선의 동적 거동에 의한 예인장력의 변동을 측정하고, skeg가 선수 형상이 다른 부선의 침로안정성에 미치는 영향을 분석 검증하여 예부선의 안전예항 방안을 도출하였다.

• Bulletin of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.53-70
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• 1987

The world's largest twin skeg VLBC developed at Samsung shipyard for BHP, Austrailian owner, has been proven as a successful vessel through 1 year's operation record in view of the superior propulsion performances, maneouverability in extremely shallow water and all ship's systems, especially, ship's vibration. The principal technical matter during the design development from the initial design stage to the sea trial has been summarized on this report.

• Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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• v.25 no.5
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• pp.27-32
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• 2011

Recently, a ship-shaped barge has been developed to improve the resistance performance, as well as course-keeping capability. However, the stern of the barge is still similar to a box shape, and the vortex generated at the side of the barge creates drag and yaw instability. In order to solve this problem, stern skegs are normally used. The present paper deals with the correlation between the size of the stern skegs and the barge dimensions and hull coefficient. A stern skeg was designed to prevent yaw instability and minimize any additional resistance. The resistance test and course keeping test were performed in the towing tank at Pusan National University. To determine the correlation parameters between the designed stern skeg size and barge dimensions, a parametric study was also performed. Based on the experimental data from five barges, the optimum skeg dimensions were successfully derived. It is expected that the validation of the present study will be carried out by further experiments and computational comparisons in the near future.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.22 no.7
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• pp.800-806
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• 2016

The maneuverability of a tugboat is affected by the slewing motion of a barge while the tug is navigating with the barge in water. Therefore, it is necessary to reduce the slewing motion of the barge to allow for safe towing work. In this study, a water tank experiment was performed to examine the factors affecting the slewing motion of a barge and improve course stability. The characteristics of slewing motion vary according to bow shape. Three barge models, each with a different bow shape, were selected as experimental subjects. A comprehensive analysis was performed to study the effects of various factors on the slewing motion of a barge such as the presence of a skeg and bridle, towing speed, and the length of the towline. The effect of the location of the skeg varied according to bow-hull form. The slewing motion of the barge decreased as the length of the towline increased, and this decrease was even greater when a bridle was connected to the towline. In addition, the slewing motion decreased significantly as the length of the bridle increased. The slewing angles did not show significant change with respect to towing speed.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.21 no.5
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• pp.558-570
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• 2015

A study on the green ship design for Ultra Large Container Ship (ULCS, 18,000 TEU Class Container Ship) was performed based on the four step procedures of the initial design and hull form optimization to maximize economic and propulsive performance. The first, the design procedure for ULCS was surveyed with economic evaluation considering environmental rules and regulations. The second, the characteristics of single and twin skeg container ships were investigated in view of initial design and performances. The third, the hull form optimization for single and twin skeg ships with the same dimensions was conducted to improve the resistance and propulsive performances at design draught and speed by several variations and the results of the optimization were verified by numerical calculations of CFD and model test. The last, for the estimated operating profile of draught and speed, the hull forms of single and twin sked ships were optimized by CFD. From this study, the methodologies to optimize the hull form of ULCS were proposed with considerations during the green ship design and the improvement of the energy efficiency for the optimized hull forms was confirmed by the proposed formula of the total energy considering design conditions, operating profile and fuel oil consumption.

• Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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• v.18 no.5
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• pp.57-63
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• 2004

Various propulsion systems, applicable for a G/T 47,000 class mid-size cruise ship, are discussed and a comparative study on stern forms and hull resistance characteristics is carried out, in relation to these propulsion systems. Based on shipyard production logs on similar cruise ships, a reference hull form of a single shaft propulsion system with center-skeg, is generated. Then two new stern hull forms are derived by using a hull transform technique: consisting of one stern form using a twin-skeg system and the other using the Azipod system. Using a CFD-based commercial flaw analysis program, WAVIS (WAve and VIScous flaw analysis system for hull form development), various hydrodynamic characteristics, including wave profiles and ship hull resistance, are compared for three hull forms.

• Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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• v.35 no.3
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• pp.38-45
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• 1998

In this parer, the effects of a skeg, rudder and stern hull form on the manoeuvrability of a container carrier with small length to draft ratio have been investigated through a series of model test. Rudder open water tests and PMM tests were carried out with varying rudder area, afterbody appendages and stern hull form to investigate their effects on the manoeuvrability. The MMG model developed in Japan was used for the manoeuvring simulation with experimentally obtained hydrodynamic coefficients. The result showed that the effects by the variation of stern profile and the skeg below stern bulb are much larger than those by any other types of appendages in improving directional stability of the vessel.