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Bollard Pull NavCad MN Dec15
Bollard Pull NavCad MN Dec15
Bollard Pull NavCad MN Dec15
Reprinted with Permission from the December 2015 edition of Marine News - www.marinelink.com
gure proposed by the designer, as well as the expectations Figure 2
of the owner or operator. Engine loading for a towing analysis with new engine
Careful selection of engine model (and its power curve) can
contribute signicantly to improved bollard pull performance.
For example, towpull with the new engine offers some 12%
more bollard pull just by considering a different engine
model. The shape of the engine curve is a fundamental part of
a proper equilibrium-torque analysis, and it is the only way to
calculate the real in-service bollard pull that would be achieved
at the time of the bollard pull test. Any simplistic calculation
will over-predict bollard pull, making for an uncomfortable
bollard pull test for everyone involved.
Additional Considerations
Additional aspects of the hull-propulsor-engine system
must be reviewed for proper modeling of a bollard pull
prediction and a successful trial. HydroComps NavCad
insures that the designer and engineer have all of the
necessary tools to build such a system model. These include:
Figure 3
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>>\ Simplistic calculations do not consider the Comparison of predicted towpull
effect of any thrust breakdown due to cavitation. NavCad
includes not only a prediction of the thrust breakdown
on the propeller, but also provides a criteria check for the
potential of thrust breakdown on the nozzle of a ducted
propeller system.
U i>V\ Most estimates and
predictions of the hull-propulsor interaction coefcients
(wake fraction, thrust deduction, relative-rotative
efciency) are for transit speed at relatively light propeller
loading. Heavy propeller thrust, particularly at very
low RPM, requires the use of different gures. This is
particularly true for thrust deduction, as the gure is used
to consider how much open-water propeller thrust can
be applied to useful work. Inappropriate gures used in
bollard pull calculations can lead to differences of as much
as 15% for the prediction of bollard pull. Shallow water
effects also contribute to differences in these coefcients.
Reprinted with Permission from the December 2015 edition of Marine News - www.marinelink.com