ENERGY CONSERVATION CONSIDERATION IN CVV HULL FORM DESIGN

As a result of the current energy shortage, the U.S. Navy has been conscientiously examining various means to more efficiently use the available energy sources. Naval ships comsume the equivalent of 78 million barrels of oil each year. During the recent design of a mid-sized, fossil-fueled aircraft carrier (CVV), the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) used several new methodologies and techiques in order to design an energy efficient hull form. Model tests were performed with three different hulls, both with and without bulbous bows, and the powering data thus obtained were analyzed by computer on the basis of the ship's speed-time profile and specific fuel consumption data. The three hulls were comparatively evaluated using a rational hull form selection technique which addresses annual fuel costs in addition to traditional naval architectural considerations. It is shown that considerable savings in fuel costs can result from this approach.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Shipboard Energy Conservation '80, presented by the New York Metropolitan Section of SNAME, New York, New York, September 22-23, 1980.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers

  601 Pavonia Avenue
  Jersey City, NJ  United States  07306-2907
• Authors:
  • MCCALLUM, D
  • Byers, D
  • Fleming, J
• Publication Date: 1980

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 167-179
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
  • Publisher: Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aircraft carriers; Analysis; Bows; Computer programs; Fuel conservation; Fuel consumption; Hulls; Information processing; Military vessels; Naval architecture; Vehicle design
• Uncontrolled Terms: Computer aided analysis; Ship design
• Old TRIS Terms: Bulbous bows; Hull forms; Model testing
• Subject Areas: Design; Energy; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00322768
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Session II-A
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 29 1980 12:00AM