Predicting Ship Fuel Consumption: Update
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Authors
Schrady, David A.
Smyth, Gordon K.
Vassian, Robert Bruce
Subjects
Operational Navy Logistics; Ship Fuel Use Prediction
Advisors
Date of Issue
1996-07
Date
1996-07
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
This report is concerned with the prediction of ship propulsion fuel consumption as a function of ship speed for U.S. Navy combatant and auxiliary ships. Prediction is based on fitting an analytic function to published ship class speed-fuel use data using nonlinear regression. The form of the analytic function fitted is motivated by the literature on ship powering and resistance. The report discusses data sources and data issues, and the impact of ship propulsion plant configuration on fuel use. The regression coefficients of the exponential function fitted, tabular numerical comparison of predicted and actual fuel use data, the standard error of the estimate, and plots of actual and fitted data are given for 22 classes of Navy ships
Type
Technical Report
Description
Series/Report No
Department
Operations Research (OR)
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
Identifiers
NPS Report Number
NPS-OR-96-007
Sponsors
NA
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Format
Citation
Distribution Statement
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
Rights
This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.