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This Excel sheet helps you calculate the Required Bollard pull of a Tug used for towi
The First method is using a simple Empirical formula. This is contained in the sheet
The Second Method is using industry standard OPL Guidelines for Barge Transportat
The Third Method is based on Bureau Veritas rules and formulas for Bollard Pull Calc
tained in the sheet named "Empirical Formula". It provides Bollard Pull for different weather conditions: Calm, R
or Barge Transportation Vol 5. This is contained in the sheet named "Bollard Pull - OPL Guideline"
for Bollard Pull Calculations. This is contained in the sheet named "Bollard Pull - BV"
provided. For example, the Wetted Surface area of Barge, Wind Speed etc. The Input cells are highlighted
These Tables and charts are provided alongwith for the user to enter these inputs.
d pull are calculated and added up to give the final Bollard Pull required.
conditions: Calm, Rough and Extreme
Note: For tow by the stern, then the Bollard Pull requirement is to be increased by 20%
Where:
= full displacement of towed vessel, in tonnes
v = tow speed, in knots
B = breadth of the vessel, in meters
D1 = depth of exposed transverse section of the vessel including
deck cargo above the water line, in meters
WEATHER CONDITIONS & TOWING SPEEDS In General: for exposed tows, K = 1.0 - 3.0
for sheltered tows, K = 0.75 - 2.0
Extreme for protected tows, K = 0.50 - 1.5
86.00
1.00 <---- Please input the different speeds considered for the three weather conditions
27.43
9246.19
5.50
4.24
4.09
5.35
3.00
26.59
75.00
35.45
No
35.45
40.00
SATISFIED
K (tonnes)
vessel, in tonnes
= 0.75 - 2.0
K = 0.50 - 1.5
weather conditions
CALCULATION OF REQUIRED STATIC BOLLARD PULL FOR BARGE: OPL Guidelines
OUTPUTS
Calculation of Total Resistance:
RT = RF + RWF + RW + RC + RWH + RH
Frictional Resistance RF tonnes 4.11
Wave Forming Resistance RWF tonnes 5.81
Wind Resistance RWH tonnes 4.23
Current Effect Resistance RC tonnes 0.24
Wave Effect Resistance RWH tonnes 10.62
Hawser Resistance RH tonnes 0.99
Total Resistance RT tonnes 26.0
Tug Efficiency in percentage(Default value 75%) 75.0
Required Bollard Pull = (R T/)*100 BP TONNES 34.67
CALCULATION OF REQUIRED STATIC BOLLARD PULL FOR BARGE: BV Rules and Formulas
BARGE NAME: BARGE 1
INPUTS
Symbol Value Unit Description
L= 86.00 m Waterline Length
B= 27.50 m Breadth
T= 4.50 m Draft
V= 4 Kn Vessel Speed (Towing Speed)
Vc = 1 Kn Assumed Current Speed
D= 9246.19 t Displacement
S= 131.53 m^2 Windage Area
d= 65 mm Tow Line Diameter
l= 700 m Tow Line Immersed Length
Z= 1 m Sag of Tow Line
P= 900 m Tug to Towed Vessel Distance
N= 150 days Number of Days Elapsed Since last Dry Docking
Vfr = 11 Kn Maximum Towing Vessel Speed in Free Run
rsw = 1.025 t/m^3 Sea Water Specific Gravity (default value 1.025)
rair = 1.22 kg/m^3 Air Specific Gravity (default value 1.22)
n= 1.2E-06 m^2/s Viscosity (default value 1.2 10^-6)
Vw = 40 Kn Wind Speed (default value 40)
BPt = 40 Tonnes Actual Bollard Pull of Tug
RESULTS
Symbol Value Unit Description