Investigation of inland ship resistance, propulsion and manoeuvring using literature study and potential flow calculations

Investigation of inland ship resistance, propulsion and manoeuvring using literature study and potential flow calculations

Rotteveel, E.

Quadvlieg, F. (mentor)
Huijsmans, R.H.M. (mentor)
Hekkenberg, R.G. (mentor)
De Koning Gans, H.J. (mentor)
Toxopeus, S.L. (mentor)

Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering

Marine & Transport Technology

Ship Hydromechanics

2013-09-24

Manoeuvring simulations can be of good use in determining whether an inland ship may be allowed access to a certain channel/river or not. The SURSIM mathematical model is able to predict the necessary manoeuvres and can therefore be used to determine the acceptance of ships on fairways. However, the SURSIM program is mostly developed for use with sea-going ships, and therefore effort is put in investigating how the SURSIM model should be adjusted to be useful for inland ship manoeuvring simulations. This report particularly focuses on the shallow water corrections for resistance, propulsion and manoeuvring forces. It is chosen to carry out a literature study into inland ship resistance and propulsion, while for manoeuvring potential flow calculations using DelKelv are carried out. The performance of DelKelv calculations in the field of ship manoeuvring is tested using a validation study, and afterwards shallow water corrections for an inland ship are computed using potential flow theory.

inland shipping
inland ships
inland ship
inland waterways
shallow water
drift
keel clearance
SURSIM
manoeuvring

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Student theses

master thesis

(c) 2013 Rotteveel, E.