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What is a Hull Roughness Analyzer and How is a Ships Hull Roughness Measured?
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A Ships hull roughness is a very important factor, which directly affects the power and fuel consumption of the ships main engine. Hull roughness of the ship is measured from time to time, mainly during dry docking of the ship.

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Measuring Hull Roughness The hull roughness of the ship can be determined by a tool known as hull roughness analyzer or similar instrument for those ship which are not coated with silicon based foul release paint coating. If the ships hull is coated with silicon based paint, speed trails are done to determine hull roughness which gives changes in the performance and speed of the ship.

Understanding Hull Roughness Analyzer A Hull Roughness Analyser (HRA) consists of a portable microprocessor along with a digital printout and display unit. A computer is connected to the hand held carriage having a stylus measuring head. The stylus head is moved around the hull surface to measure and record the hull roughness profile.

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The short wave roughness is the diameter of the stylus tip. The long wave cut off is set at 50 mm.

Working of Hull Roughness Analyzer One traverse of the head at any point on the hull will collect information from 10 samples having length of 50 mm. For each 50 mm sample, the micro processor will assess the mean gradient through the peaks and valleys to give highest peak to lowest valley measurement for that sample. This measurement is known as Rt (50). The roughness check covers approx 100 selected locations which must include bow, stern, mid ship, and boot topping area (area between load line and ballast water line). A number of traverses for stylus will give n readings, hence the Mean Hull Roughness (M.H.R) at that station is average of Rt (50) i.e. M.H.R = Rt(50)/ n There will be m stations around the hull of the ship. Hence Average Hull Roughness (AHR) will be average of Mean Hull Roughness i.e. A.H.R= M.H.R/ m

Normal Duration for Analyzing Ships Hull When the ship is new, before launching the ship, hull surface roughness is checked which become a reference value of that ship. When the ship comes in dry dock and before the maintenance process is started on the hull. This gives the deterioration value. Before Undocking to measure or compare the hull after maintenance procedure is completed.

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Typical Roughness or A.H.R of a ship when it is new is approx 120 microns. Due to fouling and deterioration, an 8 year old ship will have A.H.R in the range of 300-400 microns.

The significance of the roughness profile is that increase in the hull roughness will increase the frictional resistance of the ship. Since this is the major aspect of resistance for a merchant ship, this will increase the power, fuel consumption and operating cost of the ship.

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Nelson said: what is vessels enhanced survey profile? # 19 July 2011 at 3:30 pm

Steven Longueville said: can be done underwater also by means of divers. Also classification approved. # 7 August 2011 at 10:55 pm

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