Title: THE DYNAMIC BEHAVIOUR OF SINGLE AND MULTIPLE MOORED VESSELS
Abstract: This paper discusses a detailed investigation into the behavior of ships while coming to and lying at anchor under environmental loads. Mathematical models of the windlass behavior have been developed and application has been made to a range of ship sizes. Alternative braking devices have also been investigated. The environmental regions in which a number of ships can safely deploy an anchor have been investigated using a simulation model. A representative procedure of a human operator paying out the anchor cable is discussed and a mathematical model for an anchor dragging and biting into the seabed has been developed. The importance of controlling ship speed over the ground and the scope of cable required for varying water depths has also been discussed. The simulation model has been extended to include the response of a ship or multiple moored vessel in a tidal stream and the effect of slowly varying wave drift forces has been considered.
Publication Year: 1984
Publication Date: 1984-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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