READ ME File For 'Experimental dataset of a model-scale ship in calm water and waves'

Dataset DOI: https://doi.org/10.5258/SOTON/D3076

Date that the file was created: 05, 2024

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GENERAL INFORMATION
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ReadMe Author: Saeed Hosseinzadeh, Stephen Turnock, Haesol Lee, Rodolfo Olvera, University of Southampton 
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5830-888X
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6288-0400

Date of data collection: 06.2023

Information about geographic location of data collection: Boldrewood Towing Tank, Boldrewood Innovation Campus, University of Southampton. 


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SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION
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Licenses/restrictions placed on the data, or limitations of reuse: CC BY, Open Access

Recommended citation for the data:

This dataset supports the publication:
AUTHORS: Saeed Hosseinzadeh, Stephen Turnock, Haesol Lee, Rodolfo Olvera
TITLE: Experimental dataset of a model-scale ship in calm water and waves
JOURNAL: Data in Brief
PAPER DOI IF KNOWN:

Bowker, J., Buckland, D., Gregory, M., Townsend, N., Zhang, Y. and Turnock, S. (2023) A free running instrumented container ship model 
for investigating energy efficiency in waves. The 7th International Conference on Advanced Model Measurement Technology for the Maritime Industry, 
Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey. 24 - 26 Oct 2023. 14 pp. 

Malas, B., Creasey, L., Buckland, D., and Turnock, S.R. (2023), Design, development and commissioning of the Boldrewood towing tank – a decade of 
endeavour, under review, Trans RINA

Links to other publicly accessible locations of the data: None

Links/relationships to ancillary or related data sets: None


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DATA & FILE OVERVIEW
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This dataset contains: 
The dataset includes Excel files and videos of experiments conducted in Boulderwood Towing Tank.
The data is stored in five folders named: Raw Data_IMU, Raw Data_Lasso, Raw Data_NI, Readme, and Videos.

The first two folders collectively contain 47 .csv files, each representing a separate run.
The third folder contains 49 .csv files, representing the data recorded by the carriage DAQ system.

The folder named "Raw Data_IMU" contains data recorded by the IMU device. It includes 11 columns with specific names; ['Time Stamp', 'Heave', 'Roll', 'Pitch', 'Yaw', 
'Accelerometer X', 'Accelerometer Y', 'Accelerometer Z', 'Delta Angle X', 'Delta Angle Y', 'Delta Angle Z'] 

The folder named "Raw Data_Lasso" contains 24 columns of data recorded by Lasso software, including ['Time', 'Thrust', 'Torque', 'Shaft RPM', 'Wave height', 'Carriage speed', 
'SG0', 'SG1', 'SG2', 'SG3', 'SG4', 'SG5', 'SF AFT', 'Shaft power', 'Fx - rudder', 'Fy - rudder', 'Fz - rudder', 'Tx - rudder', 'Ty - rudder', 'Tz - rudder']. 

The folder named "Raw Data_NI" consists of eight columns: 'Time', 'Carriage Position', 'Carriage Speed', 'Drag', 'SF FWD', 'Heave', 'Trim', and 'Waveprobes'. 

Note: The data from SG0 to SG6 provides the rudder dynamometer data in volts. It has already been converted to rudder force and moment, and presented as Fx - rudder, ..., Tz - rudder. 

The "Readme" folder includes a README text file, an Excel file that details each test run (test plan), and a .csv file that displays the environmental conditions during the experiment 
provided by Boldrewood Towing Tank.

The folder named "Videos" contains footage of three runs from different views (bow and stern) with 6 vidoes in total.


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METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION
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The experiment is conducted based on the recommendation provided by the International Towing Tank Conference (ITTC). 
ITTC – Recommended Procedures and Guidelines 7.5-02-02-01, Testing and Data Analysis Resistance Test.