PASSENGER COMFORT AND SEAKEEPING PERFORMANCE OF FAST FERRIES

Seakeeping performance of several fast mono- and twin-hull vessels in head seas have been assessed by using the percentage operability as a yardstick. The vessels include a wave-piercer and mono-hulls with extreme shape not originally designed as fast passenger vessels. The operability has been determined with regard to the passenger seasickness for different sea areas. Experimental response amplitude operators have been used as input in the operability predictions where the linear superposition principle has been applied. Passenger seasickness criteria are discussed on the basis of the ISO-standard, published experimental results and preliminary results of a sea trial on board a Norwegian, fast passenger catamaran. Two hundred people participated in the seasickness tests which was conducted in Trondheim in May 1993. The results supplement the scarce field data on the motion sickness incidence at frequencies above 0.3 Hz.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Intl Conf on High Speed Passenger Craft - Future Developments and the Nordic Initiative; 15-16 June 1993; London, U.K. Sponsored and pubs by RINA, London. Ppr no. 7 [10 p, 8 ref, 5 tab, 5 fig]
• Authors:
  • Karppinen, T
  • Kyyro, K
  • Hellevaara, M
• Publication Date: 1993

Language

• English

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Passenger comfort; Seakeeping; Ship motion
• Uncontrolled Terms: High speed vessels
• Old TRIS Terms: Ride comfort
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00705875
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: British Maritime Technology
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 14 1995 12:00AM