Bulbous bow design

i am undergraduate of university technology of malaysia and now taking thesis title " application bulbous bow for malaysian fishing vessel" .i have to design bulbous bow and attach on the purse seiner fishing vessel.

if any members here have any knowledge and experience of the methodolgy bulbous bow design.

Pls share vif me.

thanks

 

Sname Papers

These publications and more are for sale on the Sname web site:

A Bulbous Bow Design Methodology for High-Speed Ships
Authors: Hoyle, Cheng, Hays, Johnson, Nehring
Subject: High Speed Craft, Bulbous Bows
TR

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A Simple Design Theory and Method for Bulbous Bows of Ships
Authors: Yim
Subject: Resistance, Residual, Hull Form, Bulbous Bows
JSR September 1974

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A Theoretical Contribution to the Wave-Resistance Problem of Ship-Bulb Combinations: Verification of the Negativeness of the Interaction Term
Authors: Kracht
Subject: Bulbous Bows
JSR March 1970

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Application of Large Protruding Bulbs to Ships of High Block Coefficient
Authors: Couch, Moss
Subject: Resistance, Residual, Bulbous Bows
TR

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Bow Bulbs for Slow, Full-Form Ships (Translation)
Authors: SNAME
Subject: Bulbous Bows
T&R No. 1-33

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Cavitation Inception Observations on Axisymmetric Bodies at Supercritical Reynolds Numbers
Authors: Arakeri, Acosta
Subject: Submersibles, Theory, Cavitation, Bulbous Bows
JSR March 1976

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Comparison of Ship-Motion Theory and Experiment for Destroyer with Large Bulb
Authors: Smith, Salvesen
Subject: Ship Motions, Theory, Seakeeping, Bulbous Bows
JSR March 1970

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Design of Bulbous Bows
Authors: Kracht
Subject: Hull Form, Bulbous Bows
TR

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From Bulbous Bow to Free-Surface Shock Wave--Trends of 20 Years' Research on Ship Waves at the Tokyo University Tank
Authors: Inui
Subject: Waves, Resistance, Residual, Bulbous Bows
JSR September 1981

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Prediction of the Behavior and Propulsive Performance of Ships with Bulbous Bows in Waves
Authors: Blume, Kracht
Subject: Waves, Performance, Bulbous Bows
TR

 

19.65*ABT/Cb may be added to any WSA formula, but whats the reduction in wave resistance?
and offcourse there is much more to such bows

 

There was some work done on this and a paper (in SNAME MT) on bulb bows on fishing boats by the people at Univ BC as part of a larger project. You should be able to find it at www.sname.org.

 

Student, BUET, Bangladesh

Dear friend, I am an undergraduate student doing thesis on bulbous bow.let us share ourselves. If u have any paper and theory on bulbous bow share it with me. My address is as follows:
uttal2000@yahoo.com