CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION ·················································································· 1
§1.1 Contents of the Course and Its Significance ····························································· 1
§1.2 Relationships of Ship Manoeuvring Motion and Motion in Waves ·························· 1
CHAPTER 2: BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO SHIP MANOEUVRABILITY ··········· 1
§2.1 Definition of Ship Manoeuvrability and Its Contents ··············································· 1
§2.2 Significance of Ship Manoeuvrability ······································································· 2
CHAPTER 3: EVALUATION OF SHIP MANOEUVRABILITY ······························ 4
§3.1 Brief Introduction ······································································································ 4
§3.2 Standard Manoeuvres and the Parameters Measuring Ship Manoeuvrability············ 4
§3.3 IMO Standards for Ship Manoeuvrability ································································· 7
§3.4 Full-scale Trials ········································································································· 8
CHAPTER 4: PREDICTION OF SHIP MANOEUVRABILITY ······························ 8
§4.1 Brief Introduction ······································································································ 8
§4.2 Free-running Model Tests ·························································································· 8
§4.3 Equations of Ship Manoeuvring Motion (Mathematical Models) ···························· 9
§4.4 Methods for Determining the Hydrodynamic Forces Acting on a Manoeuvring Ship ·························································································································· 13
§4.5 Prediction Based on Mathematical Models and Computer Simulation ·················· 16
CHAPTER 5: LINEAR EQUATIONS OF SHIP MANOEUVRING MOTION ····· 16
§5.1 Brief Introduction ···································································································· 16
§5.2 Linear Hydrodynamic Derivatives ·········································································· 17
§5.3 Analysis of Stability (inherent dynamic stability) ··················································· 20
§5.4 Nomoto Model and K,T Indexes ············································································· 23
§5.5 Analysis of Turning Ability Based on the Linear Equations ··································· 29
CHAPTER 6: CONTROL DEVICES ········································································· 31
§6.1 Kinds of Control Devices ························································································ 31
§6.2 Rudder and Its Design ····························································································· 33
CHAPTER 7: MEASURES TO IMPROVE SHIP MANOEUVRABILITY ··········· 36
CHAPTER 8: BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO SEAKEEPING ································· 37
§8.1 Definition of Seakeeping and Its Contents ······························································ 37
§8.2 Ship Motions in Six Degrees of Freedom ······························································· 38
CHAPTER 9: OCEAN WAVES AND STATISTIC ANALYSIS ······························· 38
§9.1 Brief Introduction····································································································· 38
§9.2 Regular Waves ········································································································· 38
§9.3 Basic Theory of Irregular Waves ············································································· 40
§9.4 Theoretical Basic of Spectrum Analysis ·································································· 40
§9.5 Response Relationships of Linear System ······························································ 42
CHAPTER 10: ROLL MOTION ················································································· 43
§10.1 Linear Theory of Roll Motion ··············································································· 44
§10.2 Roll Test ················································································································· 50
§10.3 Determining the Hydrodynamic Coefficients of Roll Motion ······························ 50
§10.4 Estimation of Roll Amplitude ················································································ 51
§10.5 Roll Control Devices ····························································································· 52
CHAPTER 11: PITCH AND HEAVE MOTIONS ····················································· 53
§11.1 Theoretical Computation for Seakeeping Problems ·············································· 53
§11.2 Pitch and Heave in Irregular Waves ······································································ 56
§11.3 Derived Responses due to Ship Motion ································································ 56
§11.4 Ship Motion in Oblique Waves ·············································································· 57
CHAPTER 12: DESIGN OF SEAKEEPING PERFORMANCES AND FULLSCALE TRIALS ··································································································· 58
§12.1 Seakeeping Performance Index ············································································· 58
§12.2 Effects of Ship Principal Dimensions and Form on Seakeeping Performances ···· 59
§12.3 Full-scale Trials of Seakeeping ············································································· 59
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