Optimization Of The Superstructure And Forecastle Fairing Of A Container Ship

Wind resistance is an important part of the container ship compared with the other types of commercial vessels because of the containers piled on the deck, and it is significant to investigate the wind load of the container ship and the approach to minimize it in order to reduce the wind resistance and save energy. Two approaches are adopted in the investigation to minimize the wind load, the first one of which is smoothing the corners of the superstructure while the second one is adding a forecastle fairing in the front of the deck. Three different superstructures and six different fairings are designed and tested with the ship in the wind tunnel. It is suggested by the comparison of the experimental results that the optimization of the superstructure and forecastle fairing is helpful in wind resistance reduction.