Sinkage and Trim of Modern Container Ships in Shallow Water

This paper concerns dynamic sinkage and trim of modern container ships. A review is made of changing container ship hull designs up to the present time, together with available model test data for sinkage and trim. Two potential flow methods (slender-body method and Rankine-source method) are discus...

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Main Authors: Gourlay, Tim, Hun Ha, J., Mucha, P., Uliczka, K.
Format: Conference Paper
Published: Research Gate 2015
Online Access:http://search.informit.com.au/fullText;dn=701311902631863;res=IELENG
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/14129
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author Gourlay, Tim
Hun Ha, J.
Mucha, P.
Uliczka, K.
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description This paper concerns dynamic sinkage and trim of modern container ships. A review is made of changing container ship hull designs up to the present time, together with available model test data for sinkage and trim. Two potential flow methods (slender-body method and Rankine-source method) are discussed with reference to the model test results. It is shown that slender-body theory is able to give good predictions of dynamic sinkage and trim in wide canals or open water, while Rankine-source methods offer an accurate solution particularly for ships at high speed in narrow canals.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-141292017-01-30T11:41:37Z Sinkage and Trim of Modern Container Ships in Shallow Water Gourlay, Tim Hun Ha, J. Mucha, P. Uliczka, K. This paper concerns dynamic sinkage and trim of modern container ships. A review is made of changing container ship hull designs up to the present time, together with available model test data for sinkage and trim. Two potential flow methods (slender-body method and Rankine-source method) are discussed with reference to the model test results. It is shown that slender-body theory is able to give good predictions of dynamic sinkage and trim in wide canals or open water, while Rankine-source methods offer an accurate solution particularly for ships at high speed in narrow canals. 2015 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/14129 http://search.informit.com.au/fullText;dn=701311902631863;res=IELENG Research Gate restricted
spellingShingle Gourlay, Tim
Hun Ha, J.
Mucha, P.
Uliczka, K.
Sinkage and Trim of Modern Container Ships in Shallow Water
title Sinkage and Trim of Modern Container Ships in Shallow Water
title_full Sinkage and Trim of Modern Container Ships in Shallow Water
title_fullStr Sinkage and Trim of Modern Container Ships in Shallow Water
title_full_unstemmed Sinkage and Trim of Modern Container Ships in Shallow Water
title_short Sinkage and Trim of Modern Container Ships in Shallow Water
title_sort sinkage and trim of modern container ships in shallow water
url http://search.informit.com.au/fullText;dn=701311902631863;res=IELENG
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/14129