Print Email Facebook Twitter The development of a method to predict ship-bank interaction in real-time Title The development of a method to predict ship-bank interaction in real-time Author Helsloot, T.C. Contributor Huijsmans, R.H.M. (mentor) de Koning Gans, H.J. (mentor) Talmon, A.M. (mentor) Rotteveel, E. (mentor) Bolt, E. (mentor) Faculty Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering Department Marine and Transport Technology Programme Marine Technology (Ship Hydromechanics) Date 2016-09-27 Abstract Due to increasing marine traffic intensity on inland waterways the interaction between ships and banks is becoming more of a problem. Bank effects make ship manoeuvring more difficult and rivers need to be protected against ship-induced currents and waves. This thesis contributes to the development of a new method that simulates these ship-bank interaction effects in real-time. Such predictions are useful in for example manoeuvring simulation and navigation channel design. The developed method represents a ship as a moving pressure field in a numerical model that solves the two-dimensional non-linear shallow water equations in the horizontal plane. An approximation for skin friction is included. The method passes numerical verification. The computed flow field and interaction forces are compared with experimental results in various conditions, showing that the method performs well enough to be useful in the design of navigation channels and to make initial computations on flow fields beneath ships. Modelling errors limit the applicable range of the method so that it is not ready to be used in a general manoeuvring simulator. Recommendations are made to improve the model so that in the future this can be achieved. Subject shipbankinteractiond-flow fmmanoeuvringshallow waternumericalnlsw2dhmoving pressure fieldfrictionpotential To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:1a8dc7a5-1a50-43b5-9593-a9a0bbd94c8f Part of collection Student theses Document type master thesis Rights (c) 2016 Helsloot, T.C. Files PDF thesis.pdf 2.11 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:1a8dc7a5-1a50-43b5-9593-a9a0bbd94c8f/datastream/OBJ/view