Estimation of damping from wave induced vibrations in ships
Paper in proceeding, 2017

Wave induced vibrations of container ships are high on the agenda in the industry. As a consequence of the MSC Napoli and MOL Comfort accidents, IACS has issued new unified requirements specifying functional requirements to include whipping in design of large container ships to reduce the risk of vessels breaking in two. Leading class societies like BV, DNV GL and LR have also class notations (WhiSp, WIV and FDA(SPR), respectively) for container ships to account for springing (and whipping) to reduce risk of fatigue cracks. Numerical analysis can be used, and an essential input parameter affecting the vibration level is damping. Due to the recent increase of container ship sizes, there is little relevant damping data available. Based on this, a study has been carried out to determine the damping for several container ships and other ship types. Several damping methods have been applied in order to reveal which method is more reliable. Results show significant differences in damping between ship types, but not all methods are regarded useful.

Author

Gaute Storhaug

Det Norske Veritas (DNV)

Jonas Ringsberg

Chalmers, Shipping and Marine Technology, Marine Technology

Karl Laanemets

Chalmers, Shipping and Marine Technology, Marine Technology

Isak Edin

Chalmers, Shipping and Marine Technology, Marine Technology

Progress in the Analysis and Design of Marine Structures - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Marine Structures (MARSTRUCT 2017)

121-130

Progress in the Analysis and Design of Marine Structures - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Marine Structures (MARSTRUCT 2017)
Lisbon, Portugal,

Chalmers Area of Advance Transport – funding 2017

Chalmers, 2017-01-01 -- 2017-12-31.

Driving Forces

Sustainable development

Innovation and entrepreneurship

Subject Categories

Materials Engineering

Vehicle Engineering

Mathematical Analysis

Areas of Advance

Transport

Materials Science

Roots

Basic sciences

DOI

10.1201/9781315157368-16

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11/7/2022