Slowing down of supertankers by use of semi-tandem keel mounted plates
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Authors
Daulerio, Paul Peter, Jr.
Subjects
Advisors
Newman, J. Nicholas
Date of Issue
1970-06
Date
June 1970
Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Language
en_US
Abstract
This thesis investigates the increased drag of a supertanker through the addition of flat plates mounted on the keel normal to the flow. Several arrays of these plates are analyzed for their drag producing ability and the results enumerated in tabular and graphical form. The arrays are compared one to another to determine the optimum or near optimum solution. In conjunction with the above, the percent reduction in head reach of a supertanker with various arrays affixed to the keel as opposed to a no-brake system is calculated and tabularized.
Type
Thesis
Description
This thesis document was issued under the authority of another institution, not NPS. At the time it was written, a copy was added to the NPS Library collection for reasons not now known. It has been included in the digital archive for its historical value to NPS. Not believed to be a CIVINS (Civilian Institutions) title.
Series/Report No
Department
Naval Architecture
Organization
Massachusetts Institute of Technology