SOBC-1 is designed as a dry bulk carrier, with a total length of 200 metres and a displacement of about 50 000 tonnes. The data are based on SOBC-1’s hull design, propeller and rudder.
The model can be used to explore and model environmentally friendly solutions such as modern sails (wind propulsion), alternative fuels and new types of engines. By combining your own data with SOBC-1 data, you can for example estimate fuel consumption, speed and how the ship behaves in various scenarios.
“Hydrodynamic data are important in all ship projects. We hope it will become easer to conduct interesting case studies by openly sharing SOBC-1,” says Jarle Vinje Kramer, Researcher, ships and ocean structure in SINTEF.
“SOBC-1 enables us to share and cooperate on an open geometry, and further our efforts and research into important challenges surrounding green shipping. This benefits both us and others who conduct research and development on the ships of the future,” says Research Director Dariusz Eirik Fathi.
We add new data and updates as new experiments are conducted.
Examples of available data are:
- Geometry of the hull, rudder and propeller supplied as CAD models
- Calm water characteristics from experiments, consisting of open water data for the propeller, resistance data for the hull, and self-propulsion results.
- To come: data from manoeuvring tests in both calm water and in waves.
Interested in hydrodynamic testing of wind propulsion? Visit the SINTEF blogpost: Hydrodynamic testing of wind-assisted cargo ships
