The effect of depth variations of stern foil on high speed craft with computational fluid dynamics method

Abstract

The design of the stern foil used was the NACA 4412 profile. The purpose of this study was to determine the operating conditions of the stern foil at high speed craft with computational fluid dynamics simulations. Researchers conducted this study to obtain data on ship resistance with stern foil depth position variables with speed variations. The simulation method is used to predict ship resistance on ships with speed variations. This study uses CFDSOF software to conduct simulations. The simulation results are in the form of total resistance data (N) of ships with speed variations represented by Froude Number (Fn). In this study, the model ship used has a length of 1 m with a variation of the stern foil position at a depth of 4 cm, 5 cm, 6 cm, and behind the transom at a depth of 4 cm. The results of this study indicate that the most optimum application of stern foil to reduce ship resistance by 21% - 29% in Froude Number 0.52 - 0.76 with the stern foil position is at the back of the ship transom.