Squat calculation

CALCULATION OF SQUAT
FOR OPEN AND eON FIN ED WATER eONDITION

NB.315
SITEAM EXPLORER

Hull No 315

Squat calculation
UKC CALCULATIONS FOR SAFE TRANSIT

Predicted Height of Tide

Static Draft in Sea Water
~

eu

....
10

Allowance for Tide Level variatiom

OI-

Squat Allowance

.s=
....
co
eu

-o

Density Allowance
Sea/Swell Alowance

.s=
....
co

eu

eu
c:
c:
10
.s=
U

=>
1/1
1/1
o
Le>

List and/or Heel Allownace

Hog/Sag Allowance
Underwater

Seawaves Allowance, if any

Allowance for Unreliable Hydrographic

Bottom Clearance or Nett UKC

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data or any other

Squat calculation

INTRODUCTION INTO FORMULAS FOR CALCULATING SQUAT *

Lel
b = breadlh of ship.
B breadlh of river or canal.

For open water condition minimum effective width is 260 m (W=8xB):

I:

=
H = deplh of waler.
= ship's even.ked

T
Cb

H / T=
H / T=
H / T=
H/T=

slaHc drafi.

=block co-etncienL

Vi: = ship speed relaUve lo lhe waler or current

CSA Cross Sedional Area.

factor

= CSA

H / T=
H / T=
H / T=
H / T=

of ship/CSA of river or c.1nal.

I( ship is in open water condilions. then the formula for B becomes

B

= {7.7+ 20(1 - Ce)l}.

bxT
= Bx H

~1I3X

[-8 X SO.SIX Vl.08

lO

melres. for openwa!er

and am{inJ!dchannels

Two short-aJI formu/ac retalive to the previous equalion are:

Maxirn.trn

sl/ltal

1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4

s= 0.264
s= 0.237
S= 0.215
S= 0.197

b. lenown as the 'width of inOuence'.

Blockage{ac/ar = S

.\1axirtlJtrn
sqlta!=

s= 0.127
S= 0.115
S= 0.105
s= 0.097

For confined water condition width of canal is 140 m:

Cl:

let

s = blockage

1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4

C2:

For confined water condition width of canal is B+30m+30m = 92.2 m:

H / T=
H / T=
H / T=
H/T=

1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4

s=
s=
s=
s=

0.465
0.411
0.367
0.332

Q, x Vl
k metres for open waler condilions only.
100

with HIT o( 1.1 lo 1.4.

Ma.nrnltrn SI/Ita!
where

= 0.100

lo 0.265.

Cb X Vl
50

k metres

for amfinJ!d channels.

NOTE: In following pages, in squat tables/diagrams, blockage factor will be shown for
S=O.265and S=O.5.Blockage factor S=O.5means that trom each side of ship we have 30 m
minimum.

* ABOVE FORMULAS ARE USED FOR CALCULATING ONLY SQUAT IN OPEN AND CONFINED WATER CONDITIONS, SO OTHER FACTORS THAT ARE
MENTIONED ON PREVIOUS PAGE AND CAN AFFECT SHIPS DRAFT, MUST BE EV ALUATED AND ADDED/SUBTRACTED
TOIFROM DRAFT TO DEFINE NETT
V ALUE OF UKe.

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Squat calculation

BLOCK CO-EFFICIENTCALCULATIONS
176
m
Lengthat water-line:
Extreme Breadth
: 32.2
m
Draft
: 12.2
m
Displacement
: 58643
mtonnes

Cs
VK

=BLOCK COEFFICIENT
=VESSEL'S SPEED IN

KNOTS

FOR OPEN WATER COND. (Wmin=260m):

MAXIMUM SQUAT = 5 X SO.81X Cs x vl.o8/100

9
8

FOR CONFINED WATER COND. (W=140m and W=92.2m):

MAXIMUM SQUAT = 2.5 x SO.81X Cs X Vl.08/50 metres

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Assumed Cs

--01

II)

( 5=0.127 )

; 6
...,

-E
GI

Cl
( 5=0.264 )

...,4
lU

SQUAT
(in meters)
CONFINED

OPEN

01

( 5=0.465 )

=0.8275

SPEED
(In knots)

-+- C2

~3

metres

Cl

( S=0.127

C2

( S=0.264

( S=0.465

0.008

0.014

0.022

0.033

0.059

0.094

0.076

0.138

0.219
0.398

~
~

M
~

~
~

~
~

Speed (knots)
For H / T =1.1
S (01) = 0.127
S (Cl) = 0.264
S (c2) = 0.465

H=
13.42 meters
... for open water cond. (01)
... for confjned water cond. (Cl)
... for confjned water cond. (C2)

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0.139

0.251

0.221

0.400

0.633

0.323

0.585

0.925

0.445

0.805

1.274

0.588

1.063

1.682

0.751

1.358

2.149

10

0.935

1.691

2.675

11

1.140

2.062

3.262

12

1.366

2.471

3.909

13

1.614

2.919

4.617

14

1.883

3.405

5.387

15

2.173

3.931

6.218

16

2.485

4.496

7.111

17

2.819

5.100

8.067

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BLOCKCO-EFFICIENT CALCULATIONS
Length at water-line:
176
m
Extreme Breadth
: 32.2
m
Draft
: 12.2
m
Displacement
: 58643
mtonnes

Cs
VK

=BLOCK COEFFICIENT
=VESSEL'S SPEED IN

KNOTS

FOR OPEN WATER COND. (Wmln=260m):

MAXIMUM SQUAT = 5 X SO.81X Cs X Vl.08/100

FOR CONFINED WATER COND. (W=140m and W=92.2m):

MAXIMUM SQUAT = 2.5 x SO.81X Cs X Vl.08/50 metres

-6
ul
...
CD

1;

-E

metres

Assumed

-01

( 5=0.115
Cl
( 5=0.237

:I 3

1ii

OPEN

O
M

M
M

M
M

~
M

~
M

Speed (knots)

For H / T =1.2
S (01) = 0.115
S (Cl) = 0.237
S (C2)= 0.411

SQUAT
(in meters1
CONFINED

1
M

=0.8275

SPEED
(In knots 1

01

-+- C2
( 5=0.411 )

:2

Cs

H=
14.64 meters
... for open water cond. (01)
... for confjned water cond. (Cl)
... for confjned water cond. (C2)

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C2

Cl

( S=0.115 )
0.007
0.030
0.071
0.128
0.204
0.298
0.411
0.542
0.693

( S=0.237 )
0.013
0.055
0.127
0.230
0.367
0.536
0.738
0.974
1.245

( S=0.411 )
0.020
0.085
0.198
0.360
0.573
0.837
1.153
1.522
1. 944

10

0.863

1.550

2.421

11
12
13
14
15
16
17

1.052
1.261
1.489
1.737
2.005
2.293
2.602

1.890
2.265
2.675
3.121
3.602
4.120
4.673

2.951
3.537
4.178
4.874
5.626
6.435
7.299

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

Squat calculation

BLOCKCO-EFFICIENT CALCULATIONS
Length at water-line:
176
m
Extreme Breadth
: 32.2
m
Draft
: 12.2
m
Displacement
: 58643
mtonnes

=BLOCK COEFFICIENT
VK =VESSEL'S SPEED IN
Cs

KNOTS

FOR OPEN WATER COND. (Wmin=260m):

MAXIMUM SQUAT = 5 X SO.81X Cs x vl.08/100

metres

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FOR CONFINED WATER COND. (W=140m and W=92.2m):
MAXIMUM SQUAT
2.5 x SO.81X Cs X vl.08 ISO metres

Assumed

'ii) 5

-01

eu

( 5=0.105 )
Cl
( 5=0.215 )

er 2
fn

-+- C2
( 5=0.367 )

-.,
'E

la

1
O
..-I

Lt)

I'

0'1

..-I
..-I

M
..-I

Lt)
..-I

I'
..-I

Speed (knots)

For H / T =1.3
S (01) = 0.105
S (Cl) = 0.215
S (c2) = 0.367

H=
15.86 meters
... for open water cond. (01)
... for confined water cond. (Cl)
... for confined water cond. (C2)

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Cs

=0.8275

SPEED
(in knots \

SQUAT
(in meters)
CONFINED

OPEN

01
( S=0.105

Cl
)

C2

( S=0.215

( S=0.367

0.007

0.012

0.018

0.028

0.050

0.078

0.066

0.117

0.181

0.119

0.213

0.328

0.190

0.339

0.522

0.277

0.495

0.763

0.382

0.682

1.052

0.504

0.900

1.388

0.644

1.150

1.774

10

0.801

1.432

2.209

11

0.977

1.746

2.693

12

1.171

2.093

3.227

13

1.383

2.472

3.812

14

1.614

2.884

4.447

15

1.863

3.329

5.133

16

2.130

3.807

5.871

17

2.417

4.319

6.660

Squat calculation

BLOCK CO-EFFICIENT CALCULATIONS

Length at water-line:
176
m
Extreme Breadth
:
32.2
m
Draft
:
12.2
m
Displacement
:
58643
mtonnes

=BLOCK COEFFICIENT
VK =VESSEL'S SPEED IN
CB

KNOTS

FOR OPEN WATER COND. (Wmin=260m):

MAXIMUM SQUAT = 5 X SO.BlX CB X vl.08/100

FOR CONFINED WATER COND. (W=140m and W=92.2m):

MAXIMUM SQUAT = 2.5 x 5.81 X CBX vl.08/50
metres

-...,

-01

:s

-+- C2

en 5
lo.
CD
...,
CD 4

Assumed

( 5=0.097 )
Cl
( 5=0.197 )

lU

o- 2
1
O
M

u')

......

Speed

H/
S (01) =
S (Cl) =
S (c2) =

1.4

0.097
0.197

0.332

0\

LO

......

(knots)

H=
17.08 meters
". for open water cond. (01)
". for confined water cond. (Cl)
." for confined water cond. (C2)

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CB

=0.8275

SPEED

SQUAT

(in knots)
OPEN

(in meters)
CONFINED

C2

Cl

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

01
( 5=0.097 )
0.006
0.026
0.061
0.112
0.178
0.260
0.358
0.473
0.604

( 5=0.197 )
0.011
0.047
0.109
0.198
0.316
0.461
0.635
0.839
1.072

( 5=0.332 )
0.017
0.072
0.166
0.303
0.482
0.704
0.970
1.280
1.636

10

0.752

1.334

2.036

11
12
13
14
15
16
17

0.916

1.627
1.950
2.303
2.687
3.101
3.547
4.023

2.483
2.975
3.514
4.100
4.733
5.413
6.140

( 5=0.332 )

(I)

For

metres

1.098
1.297
1.513
1.747
1.998
2.266