Efficiency Improvement of Workboats through Hull Form Optimization

This project will develop novel hull forms to significantly reduce fuel consumption, pollution, and operator impact of workboats. Hull designs will maintain large deck space and trap capacity needed for modern harvest and transportation vessels. The project will focus on hydrodynamic optimization and evaluation testing. The ultimate goal of the research project is to build and test a full scale prototype of an optimized trimaran design. A 1/8 scale models will enable evaluation of sidehull locations and five stern shapes to be varied as part of a hydrodynamic study. Calm water resistance tests will to compare the potential for power reductions in the 10 to 20 knot speed range. Larger, 1/5.5 scale, models will also be considered. The project could have significant long-term impacts on the sustainability of the Maine lobster fishing fleet, as well as facilitating reductions in overall emissions from port industries.

• Record URL:
  https://mainemaritime.edu/metel/metel/projects/

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $20000
• Contract Numbers:

  DTRT13-G-UTC43

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Managing Organizations:

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Project Managers:

  Stearns, Amy

• Performing Organizations:

  Maine Maritime Academy

  Pleasant Street
  Castine, Maine  United States  04420
• Principal Investigators:

  Kimball, Richard

• Start Date: 20170430
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20190331
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Fishing vessels; Fuel consumption; Hulls; Marine engineering; Naval architecture; Optimization; Pollutants; Vehicle design
• Subject Areas: Design; Marine Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01703402
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Marine Engine Testing and Emissions Laboratory
• Contract Numbers: DTRT13-G-UTC43
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Apr 29 2019 10:52PM