The influence of ship length, length to beam ratio, beam to draft ratio,prismatic coefficient, non-dimensional radius of gyration and Froude numbers upon significant amplitude coupled heaving and pitching motions of trawler hull forms for six different sea states has been studied. For this purpose 540 trawler hull forms have been generated from Doust Trawler seriesto cover appropriate ranges of design parameters. Seakeeping behavior of these forms has been studied by using an estabblished ship motion computerprogram and regressions models of significant seakeeping events have beenderibed. Through this study, it is believed that a method has been produced for the seakeeping evaluation of trawler forms during the early design stages, hence allowing for the design of safer and more seakindly trawler designs


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    Title :

    Influence of design parameters on vertical motions of trawler hull formsin head seas


    Additional title:

    Der Einfluss von Entwurfsparametern auf die vertikalen Bewegungen von Tranwler-Schiffskoerperformen in Seegang von vorn


    Contributors:
    Kuekner, A. (author)

    Published in:

    Marine Technology ; 34 , 3 ; 181-196


    Publication date :

    1997


    Size :

    16 Seiten, 10 Bilder, 2 Tabellen, 5 Quellen



    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English







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