Prediction of Ship Motions in Regular and Irregular Head Waves.

Abstract

Current techniques for the prediction of ship motions in long-crested head waves are discussed. Addition of a speed term to the theoretical pitch damping coeffieient is correlated with experimental data. The relationship between absolute and relative motion along the ship length is discussed. Practical limits are established for integrating the spectral density functions for irregular-sea responses. Recommendations are made for updating computer program YF17, computing irregular wave responses with either idealized or real sea spectra such as the Station INDIA data.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA008349

Entities

People

  • E. N. Hubble
  • J. B. Hadler

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Birds
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Experimental Data
  • Relative Motion
  • Ship Motion
  • Spectra

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Oceanography.