Manoeuvrability of a Large Cruise Ship after Damage for Safe Return to Port

Free-running model tests were conducted using a scaled model of a large cruise ship with a damaged compartment, to investigate the effects of damage opening and floodwater on the manoeuvring performance in calm water and regular and irregular head waves. Drifting tests in regular beam waves were als...

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Published inJournal of marine science and engineering Vol. 8; no. 5; p. 378
Main Authors Yuura, Tetsuhiro, Hashimoto, Hirotada, Matsuda, Akihiko
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.05.2020
Subjects
Accidents
Computer simulation
Control
Cruise ships
Cruises
Damage
damaged and flooded condition
Evaluation
Experiments
Flood damage
Floods
Floodwater
free-running model test
large cruise ship
Maintenance and repair
Maneuverability
manoeuvrability
Marine safety
Marine terminals
Model testing
Ports
Reliability (Engineering)
safe return to port
Ships
system-based simulation
Waves
Japan
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Summary:Free-running model tests were conducted using a scaled model of a large cruise ship with a damaged compartment, to investigate the effects of damage opening and floodwater on the manoeuvring performance in calm water and regular and irregular head waves. Drifting tests in regular beam waves were also performed. The experimental results indicated that the course-keeping ability in waves and turning ability became worse in the damaged condition. However, the target ship retained its manoeuvrability for safe return to the port, on its own, even in a damaged state. As it is time- and cost-consuming to conduct a free-running model experiment, a captive model test was also carried out to develop a system-based simulation model for evaluating the manoeuvrability of large cruise ships after damage.
ISSN:2077-1312
2077-1312
DOI:10.3390/jmse8050378