Author(s): Clement Caplier; Germain Rousseaux; Damien Calluaud; Laurent David
Linked Author(s): Laurent David, Damien Calluaud
Keywords: Wake; Wash waves; Confinement; Ship resistance
Abstract: Wash waves produced by ships disintegrate river banks and coastal lines. This phenomenon of bank erosion is mainly due to the height of the waves. To understand the influence of the geometry of the water channel, the shape of the boat and its speed on the formation and the amplitude of wash waves, the analysis of the ships wakes in the waterway is essential. This study proposes a comparison of wakes generated by two hulls representative of maritime and river ships. The wakes generated in deep water and shallow water configurations have been measured for different Froude numbers with a non-intrusive optical stereo correlation method, giving access to a detailed and complete definition of the generated wave fields. The results permit to study the influence of both hull and water channel geometries on the ship' s wake shape, on the amplitude of the generated waves and on the hydrodynamic response around the hull. The drag of the hulls has also been measured in deep and shallow water configurations with a hydrodynamic balance to highlight the effect of both hull and water channel geometries on the ship resistance.
Year: 2015