Q9 (10 Marks) Ship Resistance & Propulsion 🔥 Repeated 5x in exams
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(a) Explain what is meant by: (6)

(i) Wave-making resistance

(ii) Frictional resistance

(iii) Eddy-making resistance

(b) When a ship is 800 nautical miles from port its speed is reduced by 20%, there by reducing the daily fuel consumption by 42 tonne and arriving in port with 50 tonne on board. If the fuel consumption in t/h is given by the expression (0.136+0.001 V^3) where V is the speed in knots, estimate: (10)

(i) The reduced consumption per day.

(ii) The amount of fuel on board when the speed was reduced.

(iii) The percentage decrease in consumption for the latter part of the voyage.

(iv) The percentage increases in time for this latter period.

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$$D=800nm$$

$$V_1=?knots$$

$$V_2=0.8V_1$$

$$DC_1=Cons\:per\:day\:at\:V_1$$

$$DC_2=Cons\:per\:day\:at\:V_2$$

$$DC_1-DC_2=42t$$

$$C=\left(0.136+0.001V^3\right)\:t\h$$

$$Therefore\:DC=24\left(0.136+0.001V^3\right)\:tonnes\:per\:day$$$$42=24\left\lbrack\left(0.136+0.001V_{1^{}}^3\right)-\left(0.136_{}+0.001\left(0.8V_1^3\right)\right)\right\rbrack$$

$$42=24\left(0.136+0.001V_1^3-0.136-0.512\times10^{-3}\times V_1^3\right)$$

$$42=24\left(0.001V_1^3-0.512\times10^{-3}\times V_1^3\right)$$

$$42=24\left(0.000488V_1^3\right)$$

$$V_1=\sqrt[3]{\frac{42}{24\times0.000488}}$$

$$V_1=15.31\:knots$$

$$V_2=0.8\times V_1$$

$$V_2=0.8\times15.31$$

$$V_2=12.245\:knots$$

$$\left(i\right)\:Reduced\:cons\:per\:day\:=\:\left(0.136+0.001V_2^3\right)\times24$$

$$=\left(0.136+0.001\times12.45^3\right)\times24$$

$$=49.57\:tonnes\:per\:day$$

$$Time\:taken\:for\:complete\:voyage\:of\:800nm$$

$$at\:V_2=\frac{800}{12.245\times24}=2.72\:days$$

$$Consumption\:=\:2.72\times49.57=134.93t\:\left(at\:reduced\:speed\right)$$

$$\left(ii\right)\:Fuel\:onboard=134.93+50$$

$$=184.93t\:\left(after\:speed\:reduction\right)$$

$$DC_1=DC_2+42$$

$$DC_1=49.57+42$$

$$DC_1=91.57t$$

$$Time\:taken\:for\:V_1=\frac{800}{15.31\times24}$$

$$=2.178days$$

$$Cons\:at\:V_1=91.57\times2.178$$

$$=199.38t$$

$$\left(iii\right)\:\%\:reduction\:in\:cons=\frac{199.38-134.93}{199.38}$$

$$=32.32\%$$

$$\left(iv\right)\:\%\:increase\:in\:time=\frac{2.72-2.178}{2.178}$$

$$=24.88\%$$

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