The Evaluation of a Rigid Sail of Ship Using Wind Tunnel Test

This paper described the evaluation of rigid sail performances by using the wind tunnel test. The rigid sail models were developed in the three variations of shape geometry which was having the same value of aspect ratio. The tests were performed to investigate the performances of sail models in ter...

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Published inApplied Mechanics and Materials Vol. 493; no. Advances in Applied Mechanics and Materials; pp. 287 - 293
Main Author Sulisetyono, Aries
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Zurich Trans Tech Publications Ltd 01.01.2014
Subjects
Lift
Resultants
Sails
Ships
Triangles
Uniform flow
Wind tunnel tests
Wind tunnels
Wind Tunnel
Renewable Energy
Rigid Sail
Sailing Ship
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Summary:This paper described the evaluation of rigid sail performances by using the wind tunnel test. The rigid sail models were developed in the three variations of shape geometry which was having the same value of aspect ratio. The tests were performed to investigate the performances of sail models in terms of lift, drag, resultant, driving and heeling coefficient. The three sail models were tested at the variation of angle of attack such as 15o, 20o and 25o respectively, and it was fluided by a uniform flow of air with three different speeds. The comparisons of test results were evaluated to look for which sail models had the best performance. Based on the test results, Model 2 which is a triangle shape had generated a maximal efficiency and thrust force compare to the other models.Keywords: rigid sail, wind tunnel, sailing ship, renewable energy
Bibliography:Selected, peer reviewed papers from the International Conference on Mechanical Engineering (ICOME 2013), September 19-21, 2013, Mataram, Lombok, Indonesia
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ISBN:9783037859902
3037859903
ISSN:1660-9336
1662-7482
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DOI:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.493.287