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Title:
BULBOUS BOW DEVICE AND SHIP
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2010188953
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To reduce wave resistance during full load and during light load with an easy design without increasing factors deteriorating propulsion performance of a hull.

In a bulbous bow device 2' including a bulb 21' protruded spherically to the front of the hull 1 at a bow 11 of the hull 1 in a ship, the bulb 21' is divided with respect to the hull 1. A basal end 21a' facing the hull 1 is formed in a vertical symmetrical shape and is arranged connectably to the hull 1 by a vertical rotation of 180 degrees. Further, when rotated 180 degrees, the bulb is formed so that the position of a front end 21b' is drifted vertically without protruding downward from a bottom 12 of the ship 1, in a first form that the front end 21' protruding most forwardly of the hull 1 is disposed more above than the center of the bulb, and in a second form that the front end 21' is disposed below the center thereof.


Inventors:
NISHIGAKI AKIRA
Application Number:
JP2009037728A
Publication Date:
September 02, 2010
Filing Date:
February 20, 2009
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Assignee:
MITSUBISHI HEAVY IND LTD
International Classes:
B63B1/40; B63B1/06
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Hiroaki Sakai
Jun Takamura