Application of Volterra Series Analysis for Parametric Rolling in Irregular Seas

2014 ◽  
Vol 58 (02) ◽  
pp. 97-105
Author(s):  
Hisham Moideen ◽  
Abhilash Somayajula ◽  
Jeffrey M. Falzarano

Parametric roll is a phenomenon in which there is a large rolling motion of a ship even when the ship is moving into head seas with no direct excitation. It is a nonlinear dynamic phenomenon of a ship rolling system with nonlinearities in the stiffness as well as the damping terms. Parametric roll of container ships in head seas is a relatively new problem, which has gained lot of importance after the catastrophic incidence of APL China in 1998. Analysis of parametric roll of container ships in regular head waves has been studied extensively. However, the ships do not encounter regular waves in the ocean. So, it is necessary to study how important parametric roll is in irregular seas. To study this, it is first important to model the variation of metacentric height in irregular waves, which is nonlinear as a result of the influence of underwater geometry and the motions of the ship in a seaway. In this work, the change of metacentric height (GM) in irregular waves has been modeled using a Volterra series approach. This transfer function for metacentric height (GM) is used to study parametric rolling of ships in irregular waves. Based on this study, roll motion sensitivity to the spectral peak period and significant wave height has been carried out.

Author(s):  
Manases Tello Ruiz ◽  
Jose Villagomez ◽  
Guillaume Delefortrie ◽  
Evert Lataire ◽  
Marc Vantorre

Abstract The IMO Intact Stability Code considers the parametric rolling phenomenon as one of the stability failure modes because of the larger roll angles attained. This hazardous condition of roll resonance can lead to loss of cargo, passenger discomfort, and even (in the extreme cases) the ship’s capsize. Studies as such are mostly conducted considering wave characteristics corresponding to wave lengths around one ship length (λ ≈ LPP) and wave amplitudes varying from moderate to rough values. These wave characteristics, recognised as main contributors to parametric rolling, are frequently encountered in deep water. Waves with lengths of such magnitudes are also met by modern container ships in areas in close proximity to ports, but with less significant wave amplitudes. In such areas, due to the limited water depth and the relatively large draft of the ships, shallow water effects influence the overall ship behaviour as well. Studies dedicated to parametric rolling occurrence in shallow water are scarce in literature. In spite of no accidents being yet reported in such scenarios, its occurrence and methods for its prediction require further attention; this in order to prevent any hazardous conditions. The present work investigates the parametric roll phenomenon numerically and experimentally in shallow water. The study is carried out with the KRISO container ship (KCS) hull. The numerical investigation uses methods available in literature to study the susceptibility and severity of parametric rolling. Their applicability to investigate this phenomenon in shallow water is also discussed. The experimental analysis was carried out at the Towing Tank for Manoeuvres in Confined Water at Flanders Hydraulics Research (in co-operation with Ghent University). Model tests comprised a variation of different forward speeds, wave amplitudes and wave lengths (around one LPP). The water depth was fixed to a condition equivalent to a gross under keel clearance (UKC) of 100% of the ship’s draft.


Author(s):  
Abhilash S. Somayajula ◽  
Jeffrey M. Falzarano

Parametric motion is the phenomenon where a structure is excited into large amplitude motion even when there is no direct excitation. A well-known example of this type of motion is the parametric roll of ships in head or following seas. Parametric roll of container ships in head seas is relatively a new problem which has gained much importance after the catastrophic incidence of APL China in 1998. Although a lot of analytical techniques are available on the assessment of parametric roll in regular excitation, not many investigations have explored its occurrence in irregular seas. A consensus on the stability criteria to assess the danger due to this phenomenon in actual ocean has not yet been reached making it an active area of investigation. A precursor to the development of stability criteria is a simple model to capture the phenomenon of parametric rolling. However, it is important that the model is not over simplified and ignores important dynamics of the process. Therefore it is necessary to perform validation studies between the simplified model and the complete nonlinear model capturing all the physics of the phenomenon. This paper provides the validation studies of a 1-DOF (degree of freedom) simplified model for roll motion against a standard 6-DOF time domain simulation approach. The 1-DOF model is based on the Volterra series representation of the hydrostatic stiffness in waves while accounting for the heave and pitch motions of the model. It also includes a nonlinear damping model capturing the radiation and the viscous damping. The 6-DOF model solves for the nonlinear equations of motion based on Euler angles and also includes the nonlinear Froude Krylov excitations and nonlinear hydrostatic forces on the vessel. Details of the modeling in the two approaches are described and comparisons are performed to assess the validity of 1-DOF simplified model.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhiguo Zhang ◽  
Lixiang Guo ◽  
Shuang Wang ◽  
Ye Yuan ◽  
Can Chen

Abstract In this paper, an in-house CFD code HUST-Ship is used for the numerical simulation of parametric rolling phenomena of ONR Tumblehome in regular head wave. Preliminary resistance and roll decay simulations at Fr = 0.2 were carried out and compared with existed INSEAN experimental data. Following, three DOFs’ ship motions in regular head wave with an initial roll angle of 30 degrees was calculated to examine the possibility of occurrence of parametric rolling. Finally, a simulation without initial roll disturbance was performed to investigate its influence to the steady roll amplitude. By conducting fast Fourier transform of the time history of motions, forces and moments, the characteristics are analyzed and co-related with wave frequency. Results can be concluded that the in-house code has the ability to perform the parametric rolling simulation, and that the final steady roll amplitude is not affected by the initial disturbance. In addition, heave and pitch motions are dominantly affected by wave characteristic, roll frequency is about half that of wave, and that forces and moments in x direction exhibit high-order non-linearity.


2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 431-442 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shan Ma ◽  
Wen-peng Ge ◽  
R.C. Ertekin ◽  
Qiang He ◽  
Wen-yang Duan

1993 ◽  
Vol 37 (02) ◽  
pp. 126-137
Author(s):  
Ming-Chung Fang ◽  
Ming-Ling Lee ◽  
Chwang-Kuo Lee

The technique of time-domain numerical simulation for the occurrence of water shipping on board in head waves is presented. The nonlinear effects of the large-amplitude motion are treated. These nonlinear factors include the effect of large wave amplitude, large ship motion, the change of hull configuration below the free surface and the nonlinear resultant wave. Therefore, the variation of the potentials and the hydrodynamic coefficients for a ship at each time step must be carefully treated. While handling the determination of the instantaneous wave surface around the ship hull, the complete incident, diffracted, and radiated wave system is used rather than the incident wave only. The complexity of the ship speed effect on the related terms is also treated at each time step, especially for the radiation problems. An experimental setup is also designed to measure the motion response and the relative motion, and comparisons are made. The results show excellent agreement and the validity of the theory is confirmed. The successful development of the present technique can be extended to analyze the dynamic stability, capsize phenomena, and ship motion in irregular waves


Author(s):  
Bülent Düz

Abstract Parametric roll is a nonlinear phenomenon that can result in large roll angles coupled with significant pitch motions. These motions might induce large loads on the ship structure, and compromise the safety of the crew and the cargo. The severity of the motions might reach to such levels that capsizing might occur. In this study sensitivity analysis in parametric rolling of a modern cruise ship is investigated using numerical simulations. Several parameters were considered as sources of uncertainty such as the combined effect of GM and roll radius of gyration, roll damping, ship speed, and fin characteristics. In terms of fin characteristics, fin angle rate and maximum angle, fin area and aspect ratio, and fin gains were investigated. Additionally, the non-ergodicity of parametric roll was studied as well as the effect of simulation duration on the statistics of parametric roll. The simulations were carried out with a hybrid time-domain seakeeping and manoeuvring code. The time-domain code was used in combination with a strip-theory based frequency-domain program in order to calculate diffraction and radiation forces as well as added-mass. The time-domain code was able simulate the dynamic behavior of a steered ship in 6-DOF, where the motions can be large up to the moment of capsize.


Author(s):  
Cheol-Min Lee ◽  
Sung-Chul Park ◽  
Jin-Won Yu ◽  
Jung-Eun Choi ◽  
Inwon Lee

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