Abstract:Landing Craft Utility (LCU) is one type of ship whose role is to transport combat equipment vehicles and amphibious troops to make landings on the beach. On the ship, bilge keels were installed. However, the installation of bilge keels on the surface of the ship’s hull will add resistance to the ship’s speed. To find out the effect of placing bilge keels on the additional ship speed resistance, a towing test experiment was carried out in the towing tank using the LCU ship model. Two bilge keels were manufactur… Show more
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