Splitting Waves and Hairs Comparing Xbow Axe Bow and More

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We currently enjoy an explosion of variety in bow shapes, each suited to a different task. Nearly the same bow shape, used on a different hull, may work for entirely different reasons. This time we distinguish between four prevalent bow shapes: conventional hull, X-Bow, Axe Bow, and wave piercing. • REFERENCES • [1] Wikipedia Authors, Large Waves Create Sea Spray over the Bow of the Amphibious Assault Ship USS Peleliu, Wikimedia Commons, 23 Oct. 2009. [Online]. Available: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi.... [Accessed 18 May 2018]. • [2] Youtube Contributors, Warship Takes Huge Wave Over Bow, YouTube, 8 Jun. 2016. [Online]. Available: • Warship Takes Huge Wave Over The Bow . [Accessed 18 May 2018]. • [3] Wikipedia Authors, Container Ship Stefan Sibum VorStapellauf, Wikimedia Commons, 17 Oct. 2008. [Online]. Available: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi.... [Accessed 19 May 2018]. • [4] Ulstein, X-bow, Ulstein, 2005. [Online]. Available: https://ulstein.com/innovations/x-bow. [Accessed 19 May 2018]. • [5] U. Kvamsvag, The Foreship Arrangement for a Vessel of the Displacement Type, PCT, vol. No. 000073, 2006. • [6] D. E. Nordas, Optimization of Bow Shape of Large, Slow Ships, in Master Thesis in Marine Technology, Trondheim, Norway, NTNU- Trondheim: Norwegian University of Science and Technology, June 2012. • [7] M. A. Mosaad, M. M. Gafaary, W. Yehia and H. M. Hassan, On the Design of X-bow for Ship Energy Efficiency, in Influence of EEDI on Ship Design Operation, London, U.K., 22 September 2017. • [8] Ulstein, CFD Simulations - Comparison of Different Bow Designs, YouTube, 20 Sep. 2016. [Online]. Available: • CFD Simulations - comparison of diffe... . [Accessed 19 May 2018]. • [9] Damen Shipyards, Sea Axe design, Damen Shipyards, [Online]. Available: https://www.damen.com/en/innovation/s.... [Accessed 19 May 2018]. • [10] J. Gelling, The Axe Bow: The Shape of Ships to Come, in 19th International HISWA Symposium on Yacht Design and Yacht Construction, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 13 and 14 November 2006. • [11] M. Waters, A Look At Wave Piercing Bows on Multihulls, Sail Magazine, 21 May 2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.sailmagazine.com/multihul.... [Accessed 19 May 2018]. • [12] YouTube Contributors, Animation - EARTHRACE 2 in 100 foot waves, YouTube, 10 August 2016. [Online]. Available: • Animation - EARTHRACE-2 in 100 foot w... . [Accessed 19 May 2018]. • [13] Tekay Corporation, ALT Striker: Bollard Pull Testing, YouTube, 14 Dec. 2016. [Online]. Available: • ALP Striker | Bollard Pull Testing . [Accessed 20 May 2018]. • [14] YouTube Contributors, Seven Sisters - Fast Stable 40' Hybrid Wavepiercer Yacht, YouTube, 28 Sep. 2013. [Online]. Available: • Seven Sisters - Fast Stable 40' Hybri... . [Accessed 20 May 2018]. • [15] Flow Science, Inc., Hydro-dynamic Response of a Planing Hull, YouTube, 4 Nov 2013. [Online]. Available: • Hydro-dynamic Response of a Planing Hull . [Accessed 25 May 2018]. • • View more tips and helpful articles at https://www.dmsonline.us/

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