Diseño de un Canal de ensayos hidrodinámicos para medir la resistencia al avance de embarcaciones // Design of a Towing Tank to measure boat’s total hull resistance

Authors

  • Christian Werner-Burckhardt Academia Politécnica Naval, Armada de Chile. Viña del mar, Chile.
  • Daniela Carrasco Alvarado Academia Politécnica Naval, Armada de Chile. Viña del mar, Chile.
  • Francisco Jeldres Neira Academia Politécnica Naval, Armada de Chile. Viña del mar, Chile.

Abstract

La Armada de Chile, durante años ha promovido la investigación, desarrollo e innovación, logrando insertarse en el mundo académico y, de esta forma, generar instancias para que sus alumnos se involucren cabalmente en actividades de esta índole. De la mano con lo anterior, el año 2018 alumnos de la Academia se adjudicaron recursos monetarios para llevar a cabo un proyecto de implementación de un laboratorio de ensayos hidrodinámicos para la docencia e investigación en el ámbito marítimo, proyecto postulado al concurso del Fondo de Desarrollo Institucional del Ministerio de Educación. Este trabajo muestra el proceso de diseño que permitió implementar un Canal de Ensayos Hidrodinámicos de proporciones académicas para medir la resistencia al avance de embarcaciones a través del estudio del comportamiento de diferentes cascos a escala, así como los argumentos de los alumnos para determinar las diferentes características constructivas del estanque de agua, carro de arrastre, sistema de remolque y control de velocidad, y sistema de adquisición de datos.

Palabras claves: canal de ensayos hidrodinámicos; Resistencia al avance; simulación; construcción naval.

Abstract

The Chilean Navy has promoted research, development, and innovation, marking a position inside the academic world, hence, generating instances for its students to be fully involved in activities of this nature. Hand in hand with the above, in 2018 students of the Academy were awarded monetary resources to carry out a project to implement an academic-size towing tank laboratory for research and teaching in the maritime field, project that was postulated to the contest of the Institutional Development Fund of the Ministry of Education. This work shows the design process that allowed the implementation of a academic-sized towing tank to measure the total hull resistance of boats through the study of the behavior of different hulls to scale, as well as the arguments of the students to determine the different characteristics of the water tank, tow truck, towing and speed control system, and data acquisition system.

Key words: towing tank; total hull resistance; simulation; naval construction.

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Published

2023-05-01

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Werner-Burckhardt C, Carrasco Alvarado D, Jeldres Neira F. Diseño de un Canal de ensayos hidrodinámicos para medir la resistencia al avance de embarcaciones // Design of a Towing Tank to measure boat’s total hull resistance. Ing. Mec. [Internet]. 2023 May 1 [cited 2025 Sep. 13];26(2):e667. Available from: https://ingenieriamecanica.cujae.edu.cu/index.php/revistaim/article/view/726

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Vol. 26 No. 2 (2023): mayo-agosto

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