Characterization of Sea Fighter, FSF-1, Wave Slam Events

Abstract

The development of computational tools used for high-speed sealift, HSSL, ships requires specific data for validation. These HSSL design tools specifically address the vessel's performance and loading, including the ships behavior during wave slam events. Because very little, if any, full-scale data of this type exists, the primary objective of this work was to obtain full-scale qualitative and quantitative wave slamming data of the Sea Fighter (FSF-1), a high-speed multihull vessel developed by the Office of Naval Research. This data included measurement of the ambient environmental conditions, the incident waves impacting the ship, ship motions, and visual documentation of the free-surface/wave field surrounding the ship during slamming events. The rough water trial took place April 18-21, 2006 and several wave slams were documented. This paper will describe four of the typical wave slam events, which occurred during the field test.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADP023936

Entities

People

  • A. M. Fullerton
  • L. M. Minnick
  • T. C. Fu

Organizations

  • Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accelerometers
  • Angular Acceleration
  • Cameras
  • Data Acquisition
  • Detectors
  • Dynamic Response
  • Gages
  • Hydrodynamics
  • Instrumentation
  • Measurement
  • Michigan
  • Military Research
  • Ship Motion
  • Ships
  • Strain Gages
  • Swath Ships
  • Waves

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