AddResistance (Version 1.0)

AddedResistance (MAC/WIN) program was developed for added resistance estimation on head waves by the use of an MLP artificial neural network. In order to create a reliable model, only experimental data determined through model tests measurements was used to train this neural network. The following model tests results of these vessels were used in the development of this software: • Van der stel (Gerritsma and Beukelman , 1972; Journee 1976), • S175 containership (Nakamura, 1976), • Series 60 CB=0.6, CB=0.65, CB=0.7, CB=0.75, CB=0.8, Strøm-Tejsen (1973), • WILS II containership (Söding et al., 2014), DTC containership (Sprenger et al. , 2015), • Cruise ship (Ley et al., 2014), Bulk carrier (Kadomatsu, 1988), • RoPax (Sprenger et al., 2015), • KVLCC2 tanker (Guo & Steen, 2010; Sadat-Hosseini et al., 2013), • KRISO containership (Simones et al. 2014). AddedResistance program could have practical application at the preliminary design stage. But this computer program might have two limitations. Firstly, the program may be inaccurate in the design of an innovative ship. This results from the data used to train the network which was measured on standard ship hulls. Secondly, the neural network was developed using the model test data with limited parameter ranges. Therefore, AddedResistance might only be used to estimate added wave resistance for ships with the following design characteristic ranges: • length between perpendiculars LBP from 90 m to 335 m, • breadth B from 16.25 m to 58 m, • draught d from 4.2 to 20.8 m, • block coefficient CB from 0.503 to 0.829, • Froude number Fn from 0.087 to 0.3, • LBP/B ratio from 5 to 7.5, • B/d ratio from 2.5 to 4.5. The application of this computer software to calculate ship resistance with design characteristics outside these ranges might be associated with the risk of low accuracy estimations. The total mean added resistance of sailing ship in irregular waves is calculated by the use of the wave energy spectrum. A common ITTC spectrum based on Bretschneider wave energy spectrum was used here to calculate the mean added resistance in irregular wave. Lazarus IDE software (Lazarus 2.0.0, 2019) with a Free Pascal compiler was used to develop the AddedResistnace program.