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Author: | Colosseum [ December 22nd, 2017, 6:52 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Practical Nuclear Merchant Vessel |
Yes, glad to FINALLY see something worthwhile come of this thread! |
Author: | Wikipedia & Universe [ December 23rd, 2017, 12:14 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Practical Nuclear Merchant Vessel |
Ha, I didn't mean to be a tease. This was more of an inquiry thread than anything. Does the hull so far look kosher in terms of shape, superstructure/reactor placement, etc.? Also, is there any benefit to using kort nozzles on a vessel of this size and type? I can't find any precedent in real life, but I don't know if it's good or bad. Am I better off going with a conventional propeller? I'm also aware that a few people here have some strong opinions about the use of bow and stern thrusters. It seems like a good idea for pulling in and out of parallel dock, and I personally think they look neat. (I drew the ones seen here from scratch.) Still, some folks have discouraged them in other threads for reasons that remain nebulous to me. |
Author: | odysseus1980 [ December 23rd, 2017, 12:39 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Practical Nuclear Merchant Vessel |
Convevyional prop is the cheap and always working solution. The ship will be expensive, so a ordinary prop would keep cost down from having kort nozzles. |
Author: | Wikipedia & Universe [ December 23rd, 2017, 2:47 am ] | ||
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Convevyional prop is the cheap and always working solution. The ship will be expensive, so a ordinary prop would keep cost down from having kort nozzles. Roger. I'm also probably going to go with a more conventional single-skeg, single-reactor configuration. The Triple-E's dual-skeg/engine design, from what I've read, appears to be geared toward addressing issues inherent to fossil fuel-powered ships, and the latest non-Maersk ULCVs (e.g. OOCL Germany) still use a single.
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Author: | Wikipedia & Universe [ January 6th, 2018, 12:02 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Practical Nuclear Merchant Vessel |
She's more or less finished at this point. I ended up creating at least half a dozen new parts for her from scratch, which was fun. This one is the ultra-large 20,000(+) TEU variant, shown here mostly "empty" with a stack of containers for demonstration purposes. |
Author: | Wikipedia & Universe [ January 6th, 2018, 12:07 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Practical Nuclear Merchant Vessel |
If anyone's curious, this is the governmental seal at the stern of the ship: |
Author: | acelanceloet [ January 6th, 2018, 12:21 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Practical Nuclear Merchant Vessel |
question: where is the reactor? because if you are going to refuel her, you need to access that area from above..... (also, modern crews kind of want to sleep away from anything nuclear, I think ) |
Author: | Wikipedia & Universe [ January 6th, 2018, 12:46 am ] | ||
Post subject: | Re: Practical Nuclear Merchant Vessel | ||
question: where is the reactor? because if you are going to refuel her, you need to access that area from above..... (also, modern crews kind of want to sleep away from anything nuclear, I think )
Reactor sits underneath the above-deck containers in the bay immediately behind the superstructure, taking the place of below-deck containers in that section. Refueling is accomplished when no containers are present by removing the coverings. The reactor itself is a navalized version of an integrated SMR, and the entire vessel can be removed by heavy-lift crane in drydock if necessary. See also the WIP on the previous page.
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Author: | odysseus1980 [ January 6th, 2018, 2:17 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Practical Nuclear Merchant Vessel |
Nice to see her completed! Could we see some specs of her? |
Author: | erik_t [ January 6th, 2018, 9:35 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Practical Nuclear Merchant Vessel |
This is a beautiful drawing. I particularly like how the superstructure fits within a single container-length block - this wouldn't be critical from a design perspective, but I can totally imagine it shaking out this way in real life for ease of design and construction. A few thoughts... .
Anyway, this is really attractive and interesting! I am glad you finally put it all together. I might humbly suggest that a friendly mod split off the last page or so of this into a new Personal Designs thread...? |
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