PRELIMINARY DESIGN OF 180000 DWT BULK CARRIER

Owners Requirement:

Speed 14.80 Knots

Dead Weight 180000 Tonnes

Range 12000 nautical Miles

Displacement (∆)

Vessel Type   C cargo DWT C Total DWT

Large Bulk Carrier 0.79-0.84 0.81-0.88

∆ = Total DWT / C

C = 0.87
∆ = 206896.5517 Tonnes

Length

A) Posdunine's Formulae as modified by Van Lammeran:

LBP (ft)= C[(VT/(2+VT)]2 * ∆(1/3)

Were C=23.5 for Single Screw Cargo ships for V = 11 to 16.5 Knots

∆(ton) = 206896.5517 Ton

C = 23.5
LBP (ft)= 1093.360337 Feet
LBP = 333.2562307 m

B) Volker's Statistics:

((L/(∆(1/3))-C) = 3.5+4.5 (v/((sqrt(g*∆(1/3)))

C = 0

Volume displacement = 201850.2944 m3

(Volume displacement)^1/3
= 58.66014458 m3
V = 7.61312 ms-1

LBP = 289.0850842 m
C) Schneekluth's Formulae:

LBP = ∆ 0.3 *v0.3*C

C = 3.2
LBP = 282.4583831 m

Therefore LBP is taken as : 282.46 m

Breadth

A) L/B = 6.5 m for L>=130m

B = 43.45513586 m

B) B = L/9 + 6 m for Bulkers

 B = 37.38426479

C) 10.78 (DWT/1000)(0.2828) m.
B = 46.81767314

Therefore Breadth can be taken as :

45.14 m

Depth

A) D = (B-3)/1.5 m for Bulk Carrier

D = 28.09093633

B) B/D = 1.88 ( for Bulk Carriers)

D = 24.0087258 m
C) L/D=10

D = 24.56159853
Therefore Depth can be taken as : 24.56 m