Prediction of the maneuvering behavior of a containership in a seaway

Abstract

This study investigated the turning maneuver performance of a containership in regular waves using a two-time scale formulation. This article also presents a ship motion program, coupled with a 3-degree of freedom (3-DOF) maneuvering solver, whereby the seakeeping problem is solved with the forward speed considered in the computations. Captive tests were simulated in a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) environment to obtain the maneuvering derivatives. A near-field analysis was performed to obtain the effective wave force, which was the second-order mean drift force in this analysis. The proposed method was used to estimate the turning circle maneuver performance of the S-175 containership in both calm water and waves of different wavelengths. Ultimately, the simulation results showed high consistency with experimental data.

Guest editorial for the special issue on “marine hydrodynamics for innovative design”

“…Ship theory with emphasis on the prediction of slamming loads by hybrid hydroelasticity methods, 2 seakeeping, 3,4 maneuvering, 5 propulsion, 6,7 and stability 8,9…”