ANNEX A.

DEFINITIONS AND SYMBOLS

A [m2] Cross section

B [1] Stability coefficient
Bcr [1] Critical Stability coefficient of the bed material
Bs [m] Beam = ship width
D [m] Diameter
Dthruster [m] Diameter thruster
D0 [m] Effective diameter of a jet
DP [m] Diameter main propeller
D50 [m] Diameter bed material; 50 % passing median stone diameter
E [1] Factor characterising the shape of the stern and the rudder configuration
E0 [J] Energy flow in the initial cross section
F [N] Flow force
Fr [1] Froude number v / (g  h)0,5
Fr* [1] Froude number for non-cohesive bed material v*2 / (ρ`  g  d)
Fr0 [1] Densimetric Froude number
PD [W] Maximum installed engine power
Pmain [W] Installed power for the main propulsion system
Pthruster [W] Installed power for the thruster
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Q [m /s] Discharge
R [m/s] Resistance
Re [1] Reynolds number (v  h / n)
Re* [1] Reynolds number near the bed v* d / n)
Re* [1] Reynolds number for bed material (vg d / n)
T [kN] Thrust force
T [m] Ship’s draugth
S [m] Depth of a scour hole
S [m/s] Surcharge
V [m3] Volume
Va [m/s] Inflow velocity upstream of the propeller
Vcr [m/s] Flow velocity at incipient motion
Vm [m/s] Average flow velocity
Vcrit [m/s] Critical flow velocity
Vx [m/s] Flow velocity in x direction

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V0 [m/s] Induced flow velocity
Vmax [m/s] Maximum flow velocity in the flow direction
Vaverage [m/s] Average flow velocity in the flow direction
Vbed [m/s] Flow velocity near the bed
Vbed, cr [m/s] Critical flow velocity ‘near the bed’
Vbed, max [m/s] Maximum flow velocity ‘near the bed’
Vs [m/s] Vessel speed
Vmax, So [m/s] Maximum flow velocity near the bed
Vx, r [m/s] Flow velocity in the jet at a distance x from the propeller and a distance r from
the jet axis
V* [m/s] Shear velocity
WL [1] Water level
b [1] Roughness
fP [-] Percentage of installed engine power
b [m] Jet width
g [m/s2] Gravity constant
h [m] Water depth
hkeel [m] Keel clearance
hp [m] Height of the main propeller axis above the bed
hthruster [m] Height of the thruster axis above the bed
kT [1] Thrust coefficient
kT,P [1] Thrust coefficient for a propeller in a nozzle
n [1/s] Number of revolutions of the propeller
r [m] Radial distance to the propeller jet axis
t [s] Time
xthruster [m] Distance between outflow opening and quay wall
x [m] Horizontal distance to the propeller
x0 [m] Length of the core zone
Δ [-] Relative buoyant density (ρs –ρw)/ρw

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