SOME THEORIES FOR SHIP MANOEUVRING, PAPER 6

The paper reviews and extends the available theories for predicting the hydrodynamic force and moment acting on a ship hull or submerged vessel during manoeuvres in the horizontal plane. Effects of free-surface waves and viscous separation are not considered, but attention is focused instead on recent developments in the theory of low-aspect-ratio geometries, including the effects of vortex sheets shed from sharp trailing edges, and in the use of slender-body theory to predict the manoeuvring characteristics of ships in restricted waters. (Author)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Also available in the proceedings of the International Symposium on Directional Stability and Control of Bodies Moving in Water, London (England), April 17-21, 1972, p24-32.
• Corporate Authors:

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Department of Ocean Engineering, 77 Massachusetts Avenue
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02139
• Authors:
  • Newman, J N
• Publication Date: 1972-1-11

Media Info

• Pagination: 10 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Hydrodynamic pressure; Maneuverability; Maneuvering; Mathematical models; Ship simulators; Thinness
• Old TRIS Terms: Hydrodynamic forces; Slender bodies
• Subject Areas: Design; Marine Transportation; Terminals and Facilities; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00034701
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Contract Numbers: N00014-67-A-0240023, NSF-GK-10846
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 29 1972 12:00AM