ST010 502 SHIP DYNAMICS

Teaching scheme
3 hours lecture and 1 hour tutorial per week

Credits: 4

Objectives

To impart the considerations to the stability of ships in oceans and waves.

To develop understanding about the Manoeuvring Fundamentals, Seaway and Dynamic

effects.

Module I (12 hours)

Ocean Waves and Ships Wind generated waves, regular wave theory, Types of Waves,
Group Waves, Irregular Seaway, Concept and different types of spectra,
Idealised Spectral Families. Ship in Regular Waves Coordinate
Systems, Equations of Motion (uncoupled Heave, Pitch and Roll;
Coupled Heave and Pitch) Hydrodynamic Forces, Radiation Forces, shipwave encounter, Strip Theory
Module II (12 hours)
Ship in Seaway and Dynamic effects Linear Superposition, Response Amplitudes
Operator, Pitch and Roll in Irregular Waves, Local and Relative Motions,
shipping of green Water, Slamming, Yawing and Broading, Added
Resistance, Powering in waves, Wave Loads. Ship Motion Control
Control of Roll Passive Stabilisers (Bilge Keel, Sails, Free Surface
Tanks, U tanks, Moving weight) Controlled Passive Stabilisers, Active
Stabilizers (fin, gyro, active tank) Rudder Stabilisation, Control of Pitch.
Module III (12 hours)
Manoeuvring Fundamentals the control loop, path keeping, equations of motion,
linearised equations and control fixed stability indexes, model tests.
Stability and control in the horizontal and vertical planes definitive
manoeuvres, turning trials. Control surface hydrodynamics geometry of
control surface (rudder), flow around rudder, aspect ratio, influence of
hull shape on aspect ratio, influence of fixed structures.
Module IV (12 hours)
Control surface design - specification of requirements and constraints on rudder design,
rudder location and orientation, number of rudders, type of rudder,
geometric properties of rudder, maximum rudder deflection angle and
deflection rate, rudder stock location. Experimental determination of
hydrodynamic derivatives (rotating arm technique, planar motion
mechanism). Nonlinear Manoeuvres, Simulation, IMO Rules and
Recommendations, Various types of trials (turning circle, zig zag
Manoeuvre, spiral Manoeuvre, Pull out Manoeuvre etc).
Module V (12 hours)

Ship Dynamics and Design Aspects Seakeeping performance criteria and ship
seaways responses, factors affecting pitching, heaving and rolling,
guidelines for design, Seakeeping features of high performance ships
(catamarans, SWATH, Planning Craft, Hydrofoil Craft, Air Cushion
Vehicles and Surface and Surface Effect Ships, Submarines). Influence of
ship features on controls - fixed fin, propeller, hull, configuration.
Controllability in the Ship Design Spiral, Effect of Hull Configuration on
Controls-Fixed Stability. Effect of Hull Configuration on Nonlinear and
Linear Maneuvers.
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Text Book
a)

Lewis, E.U; Principles of Naval Architecture (2nd Rev.) Vol. III, 1989, SNAME New
York
Bhattacharyya..R; Dynamics of Marine vehicles, 1978, Wiley Inter Science, New York

b)
Reference
a) Basic Ship Theory Vol II, Rawson and Tupper, Butterworth-Heinemann, 2001, ISBN 0
7506 5396 5
b) Practical Ship Design, DGM Watson, Elsevier Ocean Engineering Book Series 2002,
ISBN: 0-08-042999-8
c) Hydrodynamics in Ship Design 1957 Vol I, II, III, H E Saunders, The Society of Naval
Architects and Marine Engineers
d) Ship Motion Control Course Keeping and Roll Stabilisation Using Rudder and Fins
2005, Tristan Perez, Springer, ISBN-10: 1852339594
e) The dynamics of marine craft - maneuvering and seakeeping 2004, Edward M
Lewandowski, Advanced Series on Ocean Engineering, World Scientific Publishing Co.
Pte. Ltd, ISBN 981-02-4755-9
f) Control of Ships and Underwater Vehicles - Design for Underactuated and Nonlinear
Marine Systems, 2009, Springer, ISBN 978-1-84882-729-5
g) Guidance and Control of Ocean Vehicles 1999, Thor I Fossen, John Wiley & Sons,
ISBN 0 171 94113 1
h) Maneuvering and Control of Marine Vehicles, 2003, Michael S Triantafyllou and
Franz S Hover
i) Marine Rudders and Control Surfaces - Principles, Data, Design and Applications
2007, Anthony F Molland and Stephen R Turnock, Butterworth-Heinemann, ISBN:
978-0-75-066944-3