Ship response analysis in linear case

Abstract

In order to deal with the nonlinear problem of sea keeping, the calculation of ship response in time domain is necessary. For these purpose, Constant Coefficient method (C. C. method) and Convolution Integral method (C. I. method), which are based on the Strip Theory, are generally used. However, Almost all of these researches are focused on the ship motion in regular waves.Firstly, the authors present the concept of numerical simulation of not only ship motions but also wave loads and pressure distribution in irregular directional waves.Secondly, by Comparing with frequency domain analyzed results and an experiment, the reliability of numerical results of present method is obtained.Finally, the difference of the numerical results in directional irregular waves between C. C. method and C. I. method is shown.In this paper, the equation of ship responses is limited in the linear case, however, this algorithm can be easily extended to the non-linear case, which will be reported in the next paper.