COURSE STABILITY WHILE STOPPING

This paper contains the results of captive model tests with an 8-m model of a 190,000 d.w.t. tanker. The tests were made with HyA's new large amplitude Planar Motion Mechanism and the test programme was designed to provide information on the influence of speed and propeller revolutions on the course stability of the vessel. The rudder effectiveness and the side force and turning moment induced by the propeller at full astern revolutions were also measured.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings of an International Symposium on Directional Stability and Control of Bodies Moving in Water, London, 1972.
• Corporate Authors:

  Institution of Mechanical Engineers

  1 Birdcage Walk
  London SW1H 9JJ,   England 
• Authors:
  • Smitt, L W
  • Chislett, M S
• Publication Date: 1972

Media Info

• Pagination: n.p.
• Serial:
  • Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science
  • Volume: 14
  • Issue Number: 7
  • Publisher: Mechanical Engineering Publications Limited

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Backing (Driving); Driving; Force; Maneuvering; Rudders; Steering; Stopping
• Old TRIS Terms: Astern steering; Course stability; Model testing; Rudder forces
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00323696
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Stevens Institute of Technology
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 21 1981 12:00AM