1. Using time domain nonlinear ship motion simulations to assess safety of people and cargo onboard a container vessel
- Author
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Ferruccio Bresciani, Gabriele Bulian, Alberto Francescutto, Lorenzo Moro, Emanuele Brocco, Marco Biot, Various Authors, Carlos Guedes Soares, Roko Dejhalla, and Dusko Pavletic, Bulian, Gabriele, Moro, Lorenzo, Brocco, Emanuele, Bresciani, Ferruccio, Biot, Marco, and Francescutto, Alberto
- Subjects
Engineering ,free running vessel ,nonlinear ship motion ,Motion (physics) ,law.invention ,law ,Ship safety ,Time domain ,systems&machinery-related failure ,loss of postural stability ,autopilot ,business.industry ,ship safety ,cargo-related failure ,IMO ,blended codes ,container ,SHIXDOF ,Second Generation Intact stability Criteria ,Nonlinear system ,nonlinear ship motions ,human-related failure ,stability failure ,Container (abstract data type) ,Autopilot ,containers ,blended code ,business ,Marine engineering - Abstract
To assess the safety of people and cargo onboard, severe environmental conditions are to be taken into account. In such conditions it could be necessary to use tools allowing the simulation of the nonlinear behaviour of a vessel free running and manoeuvring in waves. The need for applying such advanced tools in certain situations is one of the outcomes of the IMO discussion on the development of Second Generation Intact Stability Criteria, and, in particular, regarding tools for “Direct Stability Assessment” and for the development of ship-specific operational guidance. Within this context, a nonlinear time domain simulation tool is applied in this paper for the case of a container vessel. Simulations have been carried out considering the vessel free running in irregular waves. A set of conditions have been specified for identifying human-related, systems&machinery-related and cargo-related failures from time domain simulations. Some results are reported and discussed.
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- 2015