Wind tunnel tests on a model of a car-ferry

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Aertssen, G.^a | Colin, P.E.^b

Affiliations: [a] University of Ghent (Belgium) | [b] Rhode-Saint-Genese (Belgium)

Abstract: In 1964, data was published on the wind-tunnel tests carried out at the von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics on models of two types of general cargo ships (Ref. 1). As sea trials were planned on a car-ferry attention was again given to the wind effects for this type of ship. Wind-tunnel tests were therefore carried out on a model of the car-ferry at the von Karman Institute in a uniform flow and with a wind gradient such as encountered at sea. The test results are given in the conventional non-dimensional form as well as in the form of the Hughes’ coefficient K. Comparison is made with published data. The anemometer being part of the ship’s instrumentation for the sea trials, the influence of its location on wind measurements was also investigated in the wind-tunnel.

DOI: 10.3233/ISP-1968-1516301

Journal: International Shipbuilding Progress, vol. 15, no. 163, pp. 71-77, 1968