Resistance reduction and stealth performance
in surface combatant warship(trimaran) have nowadays
became an important issue to be investigated. Talking
about trimaran ship resistance reduction, is to provide
an understanding on the ship energy consumption in
regard to its efficiency that is related to a considered
reduction of the ship dragging, and wave making
resistance. Additionally, stealth technology also known
as low-observable technology (LO technology) has at
present time acquired an integration into many
categories and classes of high speed warships
particularly trimarans that exist in this new era. The
reduction of the Defense Frigate Trimaran2 (DFT2)
radar cross section (RCS) is primarily an effort that
DFT2 design will consider to improve survivability in
opposition (against) to anti-ship cruise missiles (ASCHs),
and radar homing. Stealth technology known as subdiscipline of the tactics utilized by militaries as well as
passive and active electronic countermeasures, from
which a range of methods being covered are utilized on
ships, submarines, missiles, people, and so on to decrease
detections (that is, being invisible)
to radar, infrared, sonar as well as other detection
methods. On the other hand, fiber, coating, polymer
additives, special roughness, and surfactants when
applied on the ship's surface hull, can have and ability of
reducing drag in fluid flow.
The main aim of this paper is to provide an
understanding on DFT2 concepts methods (Concept
Operation, Concept Exploration, and concept
Development), resistance reduction (wave making
reduction) and stealth performance (Radar-absorbent,
Radar stealth countermeasures and limits) of DFT2 for
the Union of Comoros. This research will provide an
exploration of the capabilities and abilities that are
considered as actual efforts for use of stealth in surface
combatant vessels as well as providing an insight on how
reduced RCS might carry out tremendous varieties of
warfare missions. The importance of this paper is
focused on the resistance reduction and stealth
performance as the requirement process of DFT2 design
concept methods.
Keywords : Trimaran, Ship Concept Model, Resistance Reduction And Wave Making Resistance, And Stealth Performance