Abstract
An experimental investigation is performed to assess the relation of interference performance on the total resistance of a pentamaran model advancing in calm water. For this motivation, the total drag of the ship is performed for several values of asymmetric outrigger configuration and hull separation, altering the Froude number in the range 0.3–0.9. Our results indicate that remarkable changes in resistance require notable changes in transverse distance values (hull separation) when wave interference may occur. In addition, there is no single configuration that consistently outperforms the other configurations across the entire speed range and the optimum interference factor −0.2 appears at a Froude number of 0.45 in S/L=0.33 with the outrigger outer position: asymmetric outboard for A3 configuration.
Original language | English |
---|---|
Pages (from-to) | 42-47 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Journal of Marine Science and Application |
Volume | 16 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Mar 2017 |
Keywords
- asymmetric outrigger
- interference factor
- interference resistance
- multihull ship
- pentamaran
- ship model