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7VesselsThatHaveTakenNavalArch tectureToNewHe ghts

Throughtheyearstherehavebeengreat nnovat ons nthef eldofSh pDes gnandNavalArch tecture,espec allyoverthelastcentury.Someth ngwh chcameupdur ngth s
t mewasthe ntroduct onofComputerA dedDes gnands mulat on,wh chhasaddedalotofflex b l tytoworkflow.TheSc enceofNavalArch tectureowesalotto
learn ngfromcasestud esandd sasters.As sthecasew thAutomob leDes gnandothers m lard sc pl nes,NavalArch tectsusuallydonothavetheluxuryofprototypes.
Howeverth sdoesnotdetertheeffortsofsomespec al stswholovetoplayw ththepart cularstoach evethebestposs bleresults.Some nnovat vesh psthusdeveloped
brokethestereotypes ndes gnsetbytrad t onalsafesh pbu ld ngpract cesandbroughtanerawherethebestsolut onsareoftenoffbeatones.

Ment onedhere nare7suchsh pswh chhavetakennavalarch tecturetonewhe ghts:

1.ReverseBows:ZumwaltClassandtheUlste nXBOW

Whatwouldhappen fyoutookapaperboatandlet tfloatups dedown?Itwouldcont nuetofloat.What fs m larth ngsweredonew thsh ps,onlythattheywere

constructedpurposefully nsuchamanner?Theresult sthattheywouldactuallybefeas bleandeff c entdes gnsas sthecasew ththeZumwaltClassDestroyersoftheUS
Navy.Thesevesselshavealongerwaterl neascomparedtoavesselofsamelengthhav ngaconvent onalupr ghtbow,th smeanstheyhavegreaterhullspeeds.Theflare
(youknow,theoutwardcurv ngofthehullplat ngabovewaterl ne)atforeend salsogreatlyreducedtoalmostnonex stence nsuchdes gns,thereforereduc ngther skof
slamm ng.

Thesehullsalsocutdownthefuelconsumpt onasopposedtocl mb ngoverwaves,theyp ercethroughthem.Th sact onofthebowalsoreducesthewatersprayasthebow

entersthewatermoresoftly,wh chmeansthatthere slessbackflowfromd rect mpactw ththesh psbow.Thesesh psareh ghlymanoeuvrableandhandlequ tewell n
roughseas.

Anotherfeature nth sdes gn sthereturnofthetumblehomewh ch sthenarrow ngofthesh phullabovethedes gnwaterl newh chhadbecomearar ty nmodernsh p
des gnasopposedtotheflare.Doyouf ndanys m lar t esbetweentheseandtheforepartofsubmar nes(Lookcloselyattheonesdes gnedbyUlste nGroup)


2.Balt kaIcebreaker

Usuallythetoandfromot onof cebreakers st meconsum ng,th sprompteddes gnerstocomeupw thsometh ngnew.The deaofth svesselcalledBalt kacame nto
be ng,theasymmetr calhullshapewh chyoum ghthaveseen nthep ctureallowsthevesseltochange tsor g nalwaterl ne,allow ngalargersweepfromthenew
cebreak ngw dth.Thespec altyofthedes gnl es ntheuseofacomb nat onmult pleaz pods,spec allyf ttedelectron cequ pmentonanobl queNav gat onBr dgewh ch
canfunct onforbothmodesofmot on.Thef rstwhen toperatesbowsternal gnedandsecondwhenoperat ngobl quelyasterntoallowmore ceclearanceforw dervessels.
Theaz podsmakesuchdemand ngmanoeuvresposs ble.Thepropellerpodsaredes gnedsuchthatthe cebreaksawaytotallybefore mpact.

Th ssh pcanalsoperformrescueando lrecoveryoperat ons.Thelattera dedby tsun queor entat onofmot onasd scussedabove

3.Esh p1:Magnussa l ng

Th s s ndeedoneofthemostun quelook ngsh pdes gnsever,w thasuperstructureresembl ngach mneyfromsomefactory.Actuallythesech mneysarenotch mneys
arecalledFlettenerRotorsbe ngnamedafterthegentlemannamedAntonFlettner,whof rstconstructedthef rstrotorsh psasearlyasthe1920s.Thesesh psusethefamous
Magnuseffecttopropelthesh ps,doyourememberthefamousbananak cks nfootballortheballofthecentury ncr cket?Well,thepr nc plerema nsprettymuchthe
same,herethepressured fferencecreatedonasp nn ngbody( nth scase,theFlettnerRotor)causes tsd splacementalongthesame,onlyherealltherotorsaboardsuch
sh psareelectron callymanoeuvredbyonboardw ndsens ngandcontrolsystemwh chobv ouslycutsdownonh ghlyprobablehumanerrors.Also,youm ghtquest onwhy
theserotorshavetobeexcept onallyh ghandexactlyfour nnumber?Well,herewehaveas tuat onwhereyouareus nga rastheflu dmed umtogeneratethrust,forash p
ofth smagn tude,thesurfacearearequ redtogenerateusablethrustwouldthenbequ teenormous,prec selywhattheselargeFlettenerRotorsoffer.Alsothed rect onofthe
rotat on nallfourofthesewouldobv ouslymatter.Th sjobasment onedbefore, slefttotheonboardcontrolsystem.


4.TheBottsandClassO lRecoveryVesselSh pThatSpl tsIntoTwo

O lrecoveryvesselshaveoftenbeenareawherethedes gnershavetr edtoopt m setheareaofcollect onofcontam natedseawaterbysl ghtchanges npropuls onmach nery
al gnment.The cebreakerBalt ka(above),wh chalsodoublesupasano lrecoveryvessel, sanexampleofsuchavessel.

Now,here sash pwh chl terallyeats ntotheo ldepos t onfromsomeo lsp llandstores t nto tsrecoverytanks.Thesh pcurrentlyownedbytheGermanNavyhasthe
ab l tytospl talongthelengthtoallowalargerareafortrapp ngtheo lcontam natedwaterwh ch spumped ntothetanksandheretheyareseparatedfromo l.Th sallows
alotofflex b l tyandsavesalotoft me ntherecoveryprocess.Howeverth s sonlyposs blebecauseofthetw nhullconceptwh chhasgreatertransversestab l tyas
comparedtoas nglehulldes gnwh chhasabowopen ngmechan sm.

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5.RamformT tanClassSe sm cVessels

Toyou,th ssh pm ghtlookl ke thasbeensl cedofffromthem dbody,actually twasnt.Rather, t sanothernoveldes gnwh chhas tsownun quebenef ts.Intendedto
collectse sm cdatafromtheoceans,th ssh phasadd t onalbenef ts nthat t sabletodeployeas lyandhaslargeaccommodat onanddeckareaandexcept onallylargefuel
capac ty ncompar sontovesselsofsamelength.Thesh pmakesawaveformthat ss nuso dalalong tslength.Bytheway,whywouldthedes gnersbe nterested ntheso
calleds nuso dalwaveform?Youllcometoknowsoon.Theunusuallylargebeamwh chyoucaneas lynot ceattheaftpartofthesh pallowsforgreater n t alstab l tyand
consequentlyaverylargeper odofrollwh chmakesthesh pasmoothersa l ngone,verycruc al ncarry ngoutse sm cdataacqu s t onoperat ons.Thelargefuelcapac ty
allowsforlongsurveyendurancelast ngaround150days.

Remember,thesh pfeaturesas nuso dalwaveformat onalong tslength?Why?T metoknow.Well,asyouhavealreadynot cedthesuddend scont nu ty nthesh pat ts
aft,youm ghtaswellbe nterestedtoknowthatth scomesw thab gd sadvantagetothesh p.Theflowofwateraroundthesh pshullsuddenlybreaksas treachestheaft.
Wedes gnerscall tflowseparat on,wh chleadstotheformat onofedd es.Nowedd esarenoth ng,butwaterpart cles nc rcularturbulentmot on,wh ch ns mpleterms
means,thatthewaterpart clehasga nedsomeenergy.Whered dth senergycomefrom?Fromthepowerprov dedbythepropeller,thereforecaus ngalossofpropuls ve
eff c encyofthesh p.Wonder ngwhythedes gnersd dntpayheedtoth s?Well,theydes gnedthelengthandthehullform nsuchawaysuchthatthewaveformedbythe
sh p salwayss nuso dalalong tswaterl ne,wh chbythetheoryofhydrodynam cs, nducesm n mumdragonthesh p.

6.P eterSchelteTheMonstrousLargestFloat ngVessel

Conceptual zedbytheAllseasCompanyandalreadythecontenderfortheB ggestSh p ntheworld,th s saOneofak nd ntheworldvesselwh ch s nvolved nl ft ng

andreplac ngalmostent reoffshoreplatformsandoftendoubl ngupasap pelayvessel,someth ngwh chBloombergdescr besasp ck nga48,000tonflower.Thetops de
sl ftedonthedeckswh chlookl ketwof ngersatthebow.Th sprocessusess mplebuoyancymanoeuvresandhenceyoureallydontneedtoknoweveryb taboutwe ght
andC.G.oftheplatform.Thejacketofaplatform scarr edonthestern,nowbothpartsmaynowbetransportedtootherplacesorbroughttotheshoreford smantl ng,or
s mplydel ver ngsuchplatforms nthef rstplace.Todayth s scapabledo ngsuchth ngsfor95%oftheworldsex st ngplatforms,butthecompanyhopestoupgrade t
foralloffshoreplatforms nex stencetodayow ngto tsshallowdraught.Bes des t salsoanexcellentp pelayvesselw tharemovablest ngertoallow tsotherfunct ons.

7.WorldsF rstFloat ngL quef edNaturalGasPlatformShellPrelude

PreludeFLNG stheworldsf rstfloat ngl quef ednaturalgasplatformaswellasthelargestoffshorefac l tyeverconstructed.ThePrelude sbe ngbu ltbySamsungHeavy
Industr es nSouthKoreaforRoyalDutchShell.It s488metres(1,601ft)long,74metres(243ft)w de,andmadew thmorethan260,000tonnesofsteel.Inoperat on, t
wouldwe ghmorethan600,000tonnesmorethanf vet mesthewe ghtofthelargesta rcraftcarr er.PreludeFLNG sthef rstdeploymentofShellsFLNGtechnologyand
w lloperate naremotebas naround475k lometresnortheastofBroome,WesternAustral aforaround25years.Thefac l tyw llrema nons tedur ngallweatherevents,
hav ngbeendes gnedtow thstandacategory5cyclone.

FLNGw llallowShelltoproducenaturalgasatsea,turn t ntol quef ednaturalgasandthentransfer td rectlytothesh psthatw lltransport ttocustomers.Itw llenable
thedevelopmentofgasresourcesrang ngfromclustersofsmallermoreremotef eldstopotent allylargerf eldsv amult plefac l t eswhere,forarangeofreasons,an
onshoredevelopment snotv able.Th scanmeanfaster,cheaper,moreflex bledevelopmentanddeploymentstrateg esforresourcesthatwereprev ouslyuneconom c,or
constra nedbytechn calorotherr sks.

Add t onalMent on:

1.Conta nersh psw thmovablesuperstructuresTheSkyBench(Concept)

What fsomedaysh pscouldhavemovablesuperstructures?Wh chmeanstheload ngonboardsuchavesselhasbeenopt m sedwhentestedtosuchanamountthatwhen

loaded,thesuperstructurespos t on nghasl ttleeffectonstructuralstrengthoratleast, t(thest llwaterbend ngmoment)canbecontrolledtoallowthevesseltobeoperated
atrequ redcargosetup.ThepeopleatHyunda HeavyIndustr esanalysedthestressd str but ontoeveryt nyb tandmadecerta nmod f cat onsovertrad t onaldes gn(l ke
add ng nsertplates)wh chg vesyouthatextratonnageonyourConta nersh p.Thesew llprobablymakethe rf rstappearances nConta nersh psandLNGTankerswhere
theexcesss zeofthe rtanksw llbecompensatedfor.However,th sproject sst ll nthephaseofconceptdes gn.
Amaz ngly,th sSkyBenchcanautomat callydetachfromthesupportsasalastresort ntheeventofanemergencyensur ngthecrewaresafe.

2.TheFl pSh pResearchSh p

Th s snotanewlybu ltvessel,buttheFl pSh p(Float ngInstrumentPlatform) saun queResearchSh pcreatedbytheUSNavy ncollaborat onw ththeMar nePhys cal
Laboratory ntheyear1962.It sdes gnedl keaspoon,standsat355ftand sun que nthesensethat thastheflex b l tytostandvert callyfromarout nesh pspos t onof
be nghor zontal.

Theent resh ftofthesh pfrom tshor zontaltovert calpos t ontakesaround28m nutesand tas ghtworthbehold ng.Byallow ngwatertoseep nto tsballasttanks,
300mofthesh p ssubmersed nthewaterthusallow ngtheFl pSh ptocarryout tspurposeofbe nganaccurateResearchSh p.Thema nreasonwhyth sResearchSh p s
des gned nth smanner sbecause,generallythehor zontalpos t onofthesh pdoesnotallowaccurateread ngsofwavesandotherocean cdatarelevantbecauseofthe
movementthatash psnaturalshapereducesthepotencyofthemeasur ngdev ces.

Apartfromthosement onedabove,wedoknowthatthereareseveralothertypesofsh psthathavera sedthebar nthef eldofnavalarch tectureandsh psdes gn.However,

twouldbed ff cultforustoment oneachandeveryone.

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Doyouth nkaccord ngtoyouapart cularsh pshouldbeaddedtoth sl st?

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