Influence of hull entrance angle “Perintis 750 DWT”, toward ship resistance: the case study for design development “Perintis 750 DWT.”

Abstract

Geographically Indonesia which most of its territory consists of the sea, causing the necessity of strengthening maritime facilities and infrastructure to conduct activities of distribution of goods and sea transportation facilities, especially ships as a vehicle of sea transportation to maintain inter-island connectivity. Indonesian government builds national connectivity (sea tolls) by the development of pioneer ship design “Kapal Perintis.”. In this study, the vessel Perintis 750 DWT is still lacking in the EEDI (Energy Efficiency Design Index) aspect as required by IMO, so it is necessary to modify the hull part of the vessel to reduce the resistance. The modified hull is carried out by varying the angle of entrance bow of the ship ± 12° in step of 3°. Modifications were made using Delftship software, Computational Fluid Dynamic, called TDyn and verified by towing tank test at Indonesian Hydrodynamics Laboratory (IHL) Surabaya. Every change of the angle of entrance bow in 3 degrees, the ship's resistance will change more and less 3.5%. The smaller angle of entrance bow of the vessel the smaller ship's resistance.