Comparison of ship motion theories with experiments for a container ship

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Flokstra, C.

Affiliations: Netherlands Ship Model Basin, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Abstract: Two calculation methods by which the ship motions, shearing forces, etc. in regular waves can be predicted are compared. The first method is analog to the method introduced by Korvin-Kroukovsky and Jacobs, while the second method is analog to the recently developed methods. The results of both methods are compared mutually and with data obtained from model experiments of a large container ship, considering the heave, pitch, roll and the relative motion and all bending moments, shearing forces and the torsional moment. An attempt is made to account for a part of the non linear effects.

DOI: 10.3233/ISP-1974-2123802

Journal: International Shipbuilding Progress, vol. 21, no. 238, pp. 168-189, 1974