Lesson nine Ship motions, Manoeuvrability Ship motions are defined by the movements from the equilibrium position of the ship's centre of gravity along the three axes shown in Figure I and by rotations about axes approximately parallel to these. The linear displacements along the horizontal(x), lateral (y), and veritical(z) Fig. 1 Coordinate axes of ship motions(see text) axes are termed surge, sway, and heave, respectively. The rotations about the corresponding body axes are respectively termed roll, pitch, and yaw(veering off course). Roll, pitch, and heave are oscillatory because hydrodynamic forces and moments oppose them Ship motions are important for many reasons. A ship should be able to survive any sea that may be Encountered and, in addition, to behave well and to respond to control. In brief, a ship should respond to the action of the sea in such a manner that the amplitudes of its motions and its position never become dangerous, and so that the accelerations it undergoes are kept within reasonable limits. Propulsive performance, or heaving Hence these motions are made as small as possible Ship motions are excited by waves, whose growth is governed by the wind velocity at the sea surface, the area of water, or distance, over which the wind blows(the"fetch), and the length of time during which the wind has been blowing(the""). Any seaway is al ways a complex mixture of waves of different lengths, as wind itself is a complex mixture of gusts. All wave components do not travel in the same direction, but the directions of most of them in a single storm lie within 30 of each other. Regular trains of waves of uniform height and length are rarely, if ever, encountered. Most seas are confused and can be considered as made up of many separate component waves that differ in height and length Pitching, rolling, and heaving are all excited by the changing pattern of surface waves in relation to the speed and course of the ship. In practice, it is possible to damp one motion only--that of rolling. The fitting of bilge keels(finlike longitudinal projections along the part of the underwater body of a ship between the flat of the bottom and the vertical topsides) has this effect, and still more effective means are the activated for stabilizer(a device along the side of a ship activated by a gyroscope and used to keep the ship steady and the passive or flume stabilizing tank, filled with water inside the ship Manoeuvrability Increases in the size and speed of ships bring problems of safe operation in congested waters and control at high speed in waves. Therefore, designs necessarily represent a compromise between manoeuvrability and course-keeping ability. Ship operators desire maximum manoeuvrability in port to minimize the need for assistance from tugs and to reduce delays in docking. They also desire a ship that can hold a steady course at sea with the minimum use of helm. These aims, however, are mutually conflicting A ship is steered by means of one or more rudders arranged at the stern or, in rare cases, at the bow. There are
Lesson Nine Ship Motions, Manoeuvrability Ship motions Ship motions are defined by the movements from the equilibrium position of the ship’s centre of gravity along the three axes shown in Figure 1 and by rotations about axes approximately parallel to these. The linear displacements along the horizontal (x), lateral (y), and veritical(z) Fig. 1 Coordinate axes of ship motions (see text) axes are termed surge, sway, and heave, respectively. The rotations about the corresponding body axes are respectively termed roll, pitch, and yaw (veering off course). Roll, pitch, and heave are oscillatory because hydrodynamic forces and moments oppose them. Ship motions are important for many reasons. A ship should be able to survive any sea that may be Encountered and, in addition, to behave well and to respond to control. In brief, a ship should respond to the action of the sea in such a manner that the amplitudes of its motions and its position never become dangerous, and so that the accelerations it undergoes are kept within reasonable limits. Propulsive performance, or heaving. Hence these motions are made as small as possible. Ship motions are excited by waves, whose growth is governed by the wind velocity at the sea surface, the area of water, or distance, over which the wind blows (the “fetch”), and the length of time during which the wind has been blowing (the “duration”). Any seaway is always a complex mixture of waves of different lengths, as wind itself is a complex mixture of gusts. All wave components do not travel in the same direction, but the directions of most of them in a single storm lie within 30°of each other. Regular trains of waves of uniform height and length are rarely, if ever, encountered. Most seas are confused and can be considered as made up of many separate component waves that differ in height and length. Pitching, rolling, and heaving are all excited by the changing pattern of surface waves in relation to the speed and course of the ship. In practice, it is possible to damp one motion only---that of rolling. The fitting of bilge keels (finlike longitudinal projections along the part of the underwater body of a ship between the flat of the bottom and the vertical topsides) has this effect, and still more effective means are the activated for stabilizer (a device along the side of a ship activated by a gyroscope and used to keep the ship steady) and the passive or flume stabilizing tank, filled with water inside the ship. Manoeuvrability Increases in the size and speed of ships bring problems of safe operation in congested waters and control at high speed in waves. Therefore, designs necessarily represent a compromise between manoeuvrability and course-keeping ability. Ship operators desire maximum manoeuvrability in port to minimize the need for assistance from tugs and to reduce delays in docking. They also desire a ship that can hold a steady course at sea with the minimum use of helm. These aims, however, are mutually conflicting. A ship is steered by means of one or more rudders arranged at the stern or, in rare cases, at the bow. There are
many types and shapes of rudders, depending upon the type of ship, design of stern, and number of propellers When a yaw---that is, a change of angle about a vertical axis through the centre of gravity--is started, a turning moment is set up and the ship swings off course unless the swing is corrected by rudder action This turning effects arises because the hulls centre of lateral resistance is much nearer the bow than the ships centre of gravI Good course keeping demands directional stability. This is aided by design features that bring the centre of lateral resistance nearer to the ship s centre of gravity. These measures, however, increase the diameter of the ship's turning circle, requiring a design compromise. In warships, in vessels operating in confined water, and in tugs, a small turning circle is essential. In merchant ships, rapid manoeuvring is req uired only in port; accordingly, the everyday function of the rudder is to ensure the maintenance of a steady course with the minimum use of helm. In this sense, turning circle properties are of less practical significance than the effect of small rudder angles From“ encyclopedia Britannica”,ol.16,1980) Technical Terms 1. manoeuvrability操纵性 18.damp阻尼 2. linear displacement线性位移 19. bilge keel舭龙骨 3. surge纵荡 20. finlike鳍状 sway横荡 projection突出体,投影,规则 5. heave垂荡 22. activated fin stabilitizer主动式稳定(减摇)鳍 变向 gyroscop pe(gyro)陀螺仪,回转仪 7. oscillatory振荡 24.sead稳定 8. hydrodynamic流体动力(学)的 25.fume槽 9. Amplitude振幅 26. congested waters拥挤水域 10. acceleration加速度 27. course-keeping保持航向 11. wind velocity风速 g拖船 12. fetch风区长度,波浪形成区 29. docking靠码头 13. duration持续时间 30.helm操舵,驾驶 14. seaway航路(道) 31. Swing摆动 15. gusts阵风(雨) 32. turning circle回转圈 16. storn风暴 33. warship军舰 17. regular trains of waves规则波系 34. confined water受限制水域 Additional Terms and Expressions keeping耐波性 8. sea condition海况 2. seaworthiness适航性 3. course航向 10. trochoidal wave坦谷波 4. track,path航迹 1l. divergent wave散波 5. drift横漂 12. natural period固有周期 6 de slip横移 13. slamming砰击 7. rudder effect舵效 14. turning quality回转性
many types and shapes of rudders, depending upon the type of ship, design of stern, and number of propellers. When a yaw---that is, a change of angle about a vertical axis through the centre of gravity ---is started, a turning moment is set up and the ship swings off course unless the swing is corrected by rudder action. This turning effects arises because the hull′s centre of lateral resistance is much nearer the bow than the ship′s centre of gravity. Good course keeping demands directional stability. This is aided by design features that bring the centre of lateral resistance nearer to the ship′s centre of gravity. These measures, however, increase the diameter of the ship′s turning circle, requiring a design compromise. In warships, in vessels operating in confined water, and in tugs, a small turning circle is essential. In merchant ships, rapid manoeuvring is required only in port; accordingly, the everyday function of the rudder is to ensure the maintenance of a steady course with the minimum use of helm. In this sense, turning circle properties are of less practical significance than the effect of small rudder angles. (From “Encyclopedia Britannica”, Vol. 16, 1980) Technical Terms 1． manoeuvrability 操纵性 2． linear displacement 线性位移 3． surge 纵荡 4． sway 横荡 5． heave 垂荡 6． veer 变向 7． oscillatory 振荡 8． hydrodynamic 流体动力(学)的 9． Amplitude 振幅 10．acceleration 加速度 11．wind velocity 风速 12．fetch 风区长度，波浪形成区 13．duration 持续时间 14．seaway 航路（道） 15．gusts 阵风(雨) 16．storm 风暴 17．regular trains of waves 规则波系 18．damp 阻尼 19．bilge keel 舭龙骨 20．finlike 鳍状 21. projection 突出体，投影，规则 22. activated fin stabilitizer 主动式稳定（减摇）鳍 23. gyroscope(gyro) 陀螺仪，回转仪 24. steady 稳定 25. flume 槽 26. congested waters 拥挤水域 27. course-keeping 保持航向 28. tug 拖船 29. docking 靠码头 30. helm 操舵，驾驶 31. swing 摆动 32. turning circle 回转圈 33. warship 军舰 34. confined water 受限制水域 Additional Terms and Expressions 1. seakeeping 耐波性 2. seaworthiness 适航性 3. course 航向 4. track, path 航迹 5. drift 横漂 6. side slip 横移 7. rudder effect 舵效 8. sea condition 海况 9. swell 涌 10. trochoidal wave 坦谷波 11. divergent wave 散波 12. natural period 固有周期 13. slamming 砰击 14. turning quality 回转性
15. turning circle回转圈 性试验 16. turning circle test回转试验 19. rotating arm test旋臂试验 17. stopping test停船试验 20. planar motion mechanism平面运动机构 18. free running model test自由自航模操纵 Notes to the text 1. In brief, a ship should respond to the action of the sea in such a manner that the amplitudes of its motions and its position never become dangerous, and so that the accelerations it undergoes are kept within reasonable limits in such a manner that the amplitudes--become dangerous 句为结果状语从句。原一位“以这 样的方法,以至于--”,译成中文时可灵活些,例如可把前半句译为“简略说,船舶对海浪的 响应方式应使其运动的幅值和所在的位置永远不处于一种危险状态”。 and so that引出的也是结果状语从句。此句中的 it undergoes为省略了关系代词that的定语从句 (that在定语从句中作宾语时,让往被省略),用来修饰 the accelerations 2. of each other中的of表示(相互间的)方位、距离。 The shipyard is within 5km of shanghai 这个船厂离上海5公里以内。 3. if ever为 if they are ever encountered的简化形式。当从句内的谓语动词为tobe,有其主语跟主句的 主语相同时,从句中的主语和tobe就可省略。这类连接词除if外,还有when, while,once以及as等。 4. Most seas are confused and can be considered as made up of many separate component waves that differ in height and length 其中的 as made up of many separate component waves是as引导的过去分词短语作为主语补足语 that引出的定语从句用来修饰 waves 5. This turning effect arises because the hull's centre of lateral resistance is much nearer the bow than the ship's centre of gravity because引出的原因状语从句中包含了一个比较级状语从句,than后面的从句中省略了与主句中相 同的部分( is near the bow),这是科技文章中常见的情况 6. These measures, however, increase the diameter of the ships turning circle, requiring a design compromise 此句中的 requiring a design compromise为现在分词短语,作状语(表示结果)用(参见第七课注释
15. turning circle 回转圈 16. turning circle test 回转试验 17. stopping test 停船试验 18. free running model test 自由自航模操纵 性试验 19. rotating arm test 旋臂试验 20. planar motion mechanism 平面运动机构 Notes to the Text 1. In brief, a ship should respond to the action of the sea in such a manner that the amplitudes of its motions and its position never become dangerous, and so that the accelerations it undergoes are kept within reasonable limits. in such a manner that the amplitudes---become dangerous 句为结果状语从句。原一位“以这 样的方法，以至于------”，译成中文时可灵活些，例如可把前半句译为“简略说，船舶对海浪的 响应方式应使其运动的幅值和所在的位置永远不处于一种危险状态”。 and so that 引出的也是结果状语从句。此句中的 it undergoes 为省略了关系代词 that 的定语从句 （that 在定语从句中作宾语时，让往被省略），用来修饰 the accelerations. 2. of each other 中的 of 表示（相互间的）方位、距离。 The shipyard is within 5km of shanghai. 这个船厂离上海 5 公里以内。 3. if ever 为 if they are ever encountered 的简化形式。当从句内的谓语动词为 to be ，有其主语跟主句的 主语相同时，从句中的主语和 to be 就可省略。这类连接词除 if 外，还有 when, while, once 以及 as 等。 4. Most seas are confused and can be considered as made up of many separate component waves that differ in height and length。 其中的 as made up of many separate component waves 是 as 引导的过去分词短语作为主语补足语。 that 引出的定语从句用来修饰 waves. 5. This turning effect arises because the hull’s centre of lateral resistance is much nearer the bow than the ship’s centre of gravity. because 引出的原因状语从句中包含了一个比较级状语从句，than 后面的从句中省略了与主句中相 同的部分（is near the bow）,这是科技文章中常见的情况。 6. These measures, however, increase the diameter of the ship’s turning circle, requiring a design compromise. 此句中的 requiring a design compromise 为现在分词短语，作状语(表示结果)用（参见第七课注释