Title :
The effect of sea irregularities on ship rolling
Author :
Kreuzer, Edwin ; Sichermann, Wolfgang
Author_Institution :
Hamburg Univ. of Technol.
Abstract :
Modern ships´ large-amplitude roll motions represent a considerable threat to goods and life in today´s ocean navigation. The authors investigate an indirectly excited nonlinear oscillator that describes the ship´s roll motion and discuss suitable models for wave excitation processes
Keywords :
motion control; navigation; ocean waves; ships; nonlinear oscillator; ocean navigation; roll motions; sea irregularity; ship rolling; wave excitation processes; Bifurcation; Containers; Damping; Fluctuations; Geometry; Marine vehicles; Oceans; Oscillators; Stability; Water storage; noise; random seaway; ship dynamics; signal interaction; stochastic processes;
Journal_Title :
Computing in Science & Engineering
DOI :
10.1109/MCSE.2006.52
