The work included extensive model testing, which resulted in the adoption of a bulbous bow that alone increased the ships'service speed by 0.5 knots.
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Like " Windsor Castle ", she was fully air conditioned and was one of the first British built passenger ships to have a bulbous bow.
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Inui's initial scientific papers on the effect of bulbous bow on wavemaking resistance were collected into a report published by the University of Michigan in 1960.
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The service speed of the vessel will be and despite her bulbous bow she will also be capable of breaking level ice up to in thickness.
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The modern bulbous bow was developed by Dr . Takao Inui at the University of Tokyo during the 1950s and 1960s, independently of Japanese naval research.
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With the elimination of the car deck the stern doors were sealed, a bulbous bow replaced the original icebreaker bow, and sponsons were fitted aft to increase stability.
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Nothing else travels on such an interface, so you won't see bulbous bows on submarines or airplanes .-- talk ) 22 : 58, 24 February 2009 ( UTC)
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The estimated 12.2 m ( 40 ft ) humpback whale became entangled on the ships bulbous bow while " Sapphire Princess " was sailing from Ketchikan to Juneau.
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In Darwin minor damage to the ship's bulbous bow was discovered, but this did not threaten her safety and " Regal Princess " was cleared to continue her cruise.
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Based on hydrodynamic research conducted for the s, the " ShMkaku " class received a bulbous bow and twin rudders, both of which were positioned on the centerline abaft the propellers.
