Determination of coupled sway, roll, and yaw motions of a floating body in regular waves

This paper investigates the motion response of a floating body in time domain under the influence of small amplitude regular waves. The governing equations of motion describing the balance of wave-exciting force with the inertial, damping, and restoring forces are transformed into frequency domain b...

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Main Authors: S. N. Das, S. K. Das
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2004-01-01
Series:International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S0161171204305363
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description This paper investigates the motion response of a floating body in time domain under the influence of small amplitude regular waves. The governing equations of motion describing the balance of wave-exciting force with the inertial, damping, and restoring forces are transformed into frequency domain by applying Laplace transform technique. Assuming the floating body is initially at rest and the waves act perpendicular to the vessel of lateral symmetry, hydrodynamic coefficients were obtained in terms of integrated sectional added-mass, damping, and restoring coefficients, derived from Frank's close-fit curve. A numerical experiment on a vessel of 19190 ton displaced mass was carried out for three different wave frequencies, namely, 0.56 rad/s, 0.74 rad/s, and 1.24 rad/s. The damping parameters (ςi) reveal the system stability criteria, derived from the quartic analysis, corresponding to the undamped frequencies (βi). It is observed that the sway and yaw motions become maximum for frequency 0.56 rad/s, whereas roll motion is maximum for frequency 0.74 rad/s. All three motions show harmonic behavior and attain dynamic equilibrium for time t>100 seconds. The mathematical approach presented here will be useful to determine seaworthiness characteristics of any vessel when wave amplitudes are small and also to validate complex numerical models.
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spelling doaj-art-3be58fb07c1f4923bc6ba389b38ff0102025-02-03T01:12:10ZengWileyInternational Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences0161-17121687-04252004-01-012004412181219710.1155/S0161171204305363Determination of coupled sway, roll, and yaw motions of a floating body in regular wavesS. N. Das0S. K. Das1Central Water and Power Research Station, Khadakwasla, Pune 411 024, Maharashtra, IndiaInstitute of Applied Mechanics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10764, TaiwanThis paper investigates the motion response of a floating body in time domain under the influence of small amplitude regular waves. The governing equations of motion describing the balance of wave-exciting force with the inertial, damping, and restoring forces are transformed into frequency domain by applying Laplace transform technique. Assuming the floating body is initially at rest and the waves act perpendicular to the vessel of lateral symmetry, hydrodynamic coefficients were obtained in terms of integrated sectional added-mass, damping, and restoring coefficients, derived from Frank's close-fit curve. A numerical experiment on a vessel of 19190 ton displaced mass was carried out for three different wave frequencies, namely, 0.56 rad/s, 0.74 rad/s, and 1.24 rad/s. The damping parameters (ςi) reveal the system stability criteria, derived from the quartic analysis, corresponding to the undamped frequencies (βi). It is observed that the sway and yaw motions become maximum for frequency 0.56 rad/s, whereas roll motion is maximum for frequency 0.74 rad/s. All three motions show harmonic behavior and attain dynamic equilibrium for time t>100 seconds. The mathematical approach presented here will be useful to determine seaworthiness characteristics of any vessel when wave amplitudes are small and also to validate complex numerical models.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S0161171204305363
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Determination of coupled sway, roll, and yaw motions of a floating body in regular waves
International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
title Determination of coupled sway, roll, and yaw motions of a floating body in regular waves
title_full Determination of coupled sway, roll, and yaw motions of a floating body in regular waves
title_fullStr Determination of coupled sway, roll, and yaw motions of a floating body in regular waves
title_full_unstemmed Determination of coupled sway, roll, and yaw motions of a floating body in regular waves
title_short Determination of coupled sway, roll, and yaw motions of a floating body in regular waves
title_sort determination of coupled sway roll and yaw motions of a floating body in regular waves
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S0161171204305363
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