No. 249 September 1982 IMPROVEMENT OF INLAND WATERWAY VESSEL AND BARGE TOW PERFORMANCE Translated by Dr. Robert Latorre G. Luthra K. TangNo, 249 September 1982 IMPROVEMENT OF INLAND WATERWAY VESSEL AND BARGE TOW PERFORMANCE: TRANSLATIONS OF SELECTED CHINESE, GERMAN AND RUSSIAN TECHNICAL ARTICLES Translated by Dr. R. Latorre G. Luthra . Tang Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering College of Engineering The University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109PREFACE This report is part of a three year project to organize and translate foreign language articles on towed barges, inland water- way towboats, barge tows, and operations for teaching and use in design/research projects. In addition to this report, the project includes references [1]-[6]. The following topics are presented in this report: a) Shallow water resistance and barge size selection; b) Pushboat propeller design and matching with engine; ¢) Design of rudders and steering nozzzles for towboats. The extensive use of the inland waterways have resulted in a large number of Soviet investigations on improving inland water- way vessel design. These include articles on estimating shallow water resistance, trimaran resistance, empirical formulas for wake and thrust deduction for vessels with tunnel sterns, as well as the evaluation of over twelve steering arrangements for inland waterway vessels. Mr. Tang, Kezhang, visiting scholar from Dalian Marine College, translated the Chinese articles on the selection of the barge size and towboat horsepower and the influence of the design margin on the propeller diameter and pitch/diameter ratio. Finally Mr. G. Luthra, Versuchsanstalt fur Binnenschiffbau, Duisburg, W. Germany, kindly translated his article on the influence of flanking rudders on propeller thrust. Robert Latorre 1] “Improvement of Barge Towing," NA&ME Dept. Report No. 226, May, 1980, 51 pp. 2] "Recent Developments in Barge Design, Towing and Pushing," MARINE TECHNOLOGY, Vol. 18, No. 1, January, 1981, pp. 10-21. 3] “Improvement of River Towboat Propulsion,” NA&ME Dept. Report No. 243, November, 1981, 69 pp. 4] "River Towboat Hull and Propulsion," SNAME Great Lakes/Great Rivers Section Meeting, January 28, 1982. (To appear in MARINE TECHNOLOGY) 5] “River Towboat Tunnel Stern," INTERNATIONAL SHIPBUILDING PROGRESS, Vol. 29, No. 338, October, 1982, pp. 252-259. 6] "Influence of Starting Acceleration and Towrope Length on Towed Barge Trajectory," INTERNATIONAL SHIPBUILDING PROGRESS, Vol. 28, No. 325, September, 1981, pp 200-206. -iii-