Bollard Pull Calculator for Ships (Excel Engine)

[thenavalarch]

Hi

Following the success of Bollard Pull Calculator for Barges, www.thenavalarch.com introduces an Excel Engine for Bollard Pull calculations for Ships, i.e., a conventional ship-shaped vessel.

It rigorously calculates all the forces on the vessel, viz.

1. Calm Water Resistance: It is calculated using the established Holtrop and Mennen formula

2. Wind resistance: Based on Wind Height and Shape coefficients from ABS MODU rules, and corrected for wind direction.

3. Wave Resistance: From DNV Rules for Marine Operations, and corrected for forward vessel speed using Faltinsen, 1990

4. Propeller resistance and Hawser resistance: From US Navy Towing Manual


Very useful in Marine Operations. It can be used to accurately predict the bollard pull to tow a vessel. The tug can be accordingly selected.

A youtube video demo can be found here:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S73s4...ature=youtu.be


To download, go to:

http://www.thenavalarch.com/bollard-...culator-ships/


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