Recent research on wind loading

Abstract

The paper reviews some of the research carried out over the past ten years into the effect of wind on vessel rolling and capsize. Two main techniques are discussed: the so-called discrete gust, where a vessel at its extreme windward roll angle is acted upon by a sudden increase in windspeed, and the stochastic approach, where the steady-state response to a random sequence of wind pulses is calculated. Some model experiments in a wind-wave tank are also described and compared.