Vessel Energy Requirement Prediction from Acceleration Stage Towing Tests on Scale Models

Abstract One of the most crucial tasks for naval architects is computing energy required to meet ship’s operational needs. When predicting a requirements, series hull resistance tests on scale model vessel carried out in constant speed stages, while acceleration stage measurements are ignored. Another important factor seakeeping analysis hydrodynamic added mass. The second law dynamics states that all this valuable information, is, dependence vessel’s and mass, accessible from just one towing test done up maximum speed. Therefore, stage, often overlooked traditional experiments, can be source information. For reason, work aims generalise Froude’s scaling procedure full-scale vessels accelerated tests.