A STUDY OF STABILITY AND CAPSIZING OF FISHING BOATS IN NORTH CHINA INSHORE WATER

Based on an analysis of fishing boats lost during 1965-1984 in North China inshore waters, it was found that the vessels were designed to meet the requirements of the Chinese Stability Rules. Therefore, the authors studied environmental factors using wind and wave data recorded in this region during 1969-1978. Some of the main points of the Chinese Stability Rules are discussed in this paper. Nonlinear roll motion of three earlier fishing boats operating in the same region are studied numerically to verify certain properties of ship stability in waves. From these studies, some suggestions for improving the stability of inshore fishing boats, as well as the revision of the Stability Rules are proposed.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • STAB 94, 5th Intl Conf on Stability of Ships and Ocean Vehicles; 7-11 Nov 1994; Florida, USA. Sponsored by SNAME, USA and RINA, UK. Proc. Publ by Florida Inst Technology, USA. Vol 4, session 18 [11 p, 4 ref, 2 tab, 7 fig]
• Authors:
  • Huang, D L
  • Li, T L
  • Lin, Yun
• Publication Date: 1994

Language

• English

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Capsizing; Fishing vessels; Numerical analysis; Rolling; Stability (Mechanics)
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00717512
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: British Maritime Technology
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 4 1996 12:00AM