FIRST SYMPOSIUM ON SHIP MANEUVERABILITY, DAVID TAYLOR MODEL BASIN, 24 AND 25 MAY 1960,

Abstract

Contents: Some notes on interaction effects between ships close aboard in deep water; Model tests with bow-jet (Bow-steering) screw propellers; Model experiments about the maneuverability and turnign of ships; Notes on rudder design practice; Ship maneuverability and turnign of ships; Notes on rudder design practice; Ship maneuverability as influenced by the transient response to the helm; Experiments on ship maneuverability in canals as carried out in the Paris model basin; Data for estimating bank suction effects in restricted water on merchant ship hulls; Handling quality criteria for surface ships; On the measurement of added mass and added moment of inertia of ships in steering motion; Analysis of Kempf's Standard Maneuver test and proposed steering quality indices; Control of roll-damping system; Turnign characteristic coefficients for a cargo ship and a destroyer; Directional stability of automatically steered ships with particular reference to their bad performance in rough sea; A study of course keeping and manoeuveuring performance.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1960
Accession Number
AD0442036

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