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Effect of Slam Force Duration on the Vibratory Response of a Lightweight High-Speed Wave-Piercing Catamaran

McVicar, JJ; Lavroff, J; Davis, MR; Thomas, G; (2015) Effect of Slam Force Duration on the Vibratory Response of a Lightweight High-Speed Wave-Piercing Catamaran. Journal of Ship Research , 59 (2) pp. 69-84. 10.5957/JOSR.59.2.140066. Green open access

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Abstract

When the surface of a ship meets the water surface at an acute angle with a high relative velocity, significant short-duration forces can act on the hull plating. Such an event is referred to as a slam. Slam loads imparted on ships are generally considered to be of an impulsive nature. As such, slam loads induce vibration in the global hull structure that has implications for both hull girder bending strength and fatigue life of a vessel. A modal method is often used for structural analysis whereby higher order modes are neglected to reduce computational effort. The effect of the slam load temporal distribution on the whipping response and vertical bending moment are investigated here by using a continuous beam model with application to a 112 m INCAT wave-piercing catamaran and correlation to full-scale and model-scale experimental data. Experimental studies have indicated that the vertical bending moment is dominated by the fundamental longitudinal bending mode of the structure. However, it is shown here that although the fundamental mode is dominant in the global structural response, the higher order modes play a significant role in the early stages of the response and may not be readily identifiable if measurements are not taken sufficiently close to the slam location. A relationship between the slam duration and the relative modal response magnitudes is found, which is useful in determining the appropriate truncation of a modal solution.

Type: Article
Title: Effect of Slam Force Duration on the Vibratory Response of a Lightweight High-Speed Wave-Piercing Catamaran
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.5957/JOSR.59.2.140066
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.5957/JOSR.59.2.140066
Language: English
Keywords: Science & technology, technology, engineering, marine, engineering, civil, engineering, catamarans, slamming, vibrations, segmented model experiments, loads, ships, hydroelasticity, prediction
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/1502591
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