Shabani, B;
Lavroff, J;
Holloway, DS;
Davis, MR;
Thomas, GA;
(2018)
The effect of centre bow and wet-deck geometry on wet-deck slamming loads and vertical bending moments of wave-piercing catamarans.
Ocean Engineering
, 169
pp. 401-417.
10.1016/j.oceaneng.2018.09.028.
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Abstract
An experimental study was performed to determine the influence of centre bow length and tunnel height on the magnitude of the wave slamming loads and bending moments acting on a 112 m Incat wave-piercer catamaran vessel. A 2.5 m hydroelastic segmented catamaran model was tested in regular head sea waves at a high model speed in multiple test series, whilst five centre bow (CB) and wet-deck configurations were considered, designated here as the parent, low, high, long and short CBs. The model global motions, centre bow slam loads, accelerations, and slam induced vertical bending moments of the catamaran model in waves were measured. It was found that the slamming force, the centre bow entry force and slam induced bending moment all increase as the centre bow length increases. Increasing the wet-deck height increased the motions but reduced the maximum slam load in moderate waves. It was seen that the short CB was the best design for the alleviation of slam loads. The high CB was the second best choice for operation in moderate waves but it was the worst configuration in terms of heave and pitch motions among various CB configurations tested.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The effect of centre bow and wet-deck geometry on wet-deck slamming loads and vertical bending moments of wave-piercing catamarans |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2018.09.028 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2018.09.028 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Catamaran, Hydroelastic segmented model, Wet-deck slamming, Center bow, Relative motion, Vertical bending moment |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Mechanical Engineering |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10056328 |
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