Examination of the intact stability and the seakeeping behaviour
Examination of the intact stability and the seakeeping behaviour
Examination of the intact stability and the seakeeping behaviour
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Nomenclature<br />
Symbol Unit Meaning<br />
A BK<br />
[<br />
m<br />
2 ] Total bilge keel area<br />
a t max [ m /s 2 ] Maximum occurring transversal acceleration<br />
B [m] Ship's breadth<br />
c B [−] Block coecient<br />
D [m] Depth to freeboard deck<br />
△ [t] Displacement <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> ship<br />
g [ m /s 2 ] Gravitational acceleration which is 9.81 m /s 2<br />
GM corrected [m] Metacentric height with free surface correction<br />
GM solid [m] Metacentric height without free surface correction<br />
GZ [m] Righting lever<br />
H 1/3 [m] Signicant wave height<br />
KG [m] Vertical center <strong>of</strong> gravity<br />
L OA [m] Length over all<br />
L P P [m] Length between <strong>the</strong> perpendiculars<br />
ϕ max [ ◦ ] Maximum occurring rolling angle<br />
T D [m] Design draft<br />
T P [s] Peak wave period<br />
T S [s] Signicant wave period<br />
v [kts] Ship's speed<br />
Abbreviation<br />
Meaning<br />
a. B.L. above baseline<br />
AP<br />
After Perpendicular<br />
BSU<br />
Bundesstelle für Seeunfalluntersuchung; Federal Bureau <strong>of</strong> Maritime<br />
Casualty Investigation<br />
DNV Det Norske Veritas<br />
E4<br />
A method database for ship design<br />
FP<br />
Forward Perpendicular<br />
HSVA Hamburgische Schibau- Versuchs Anstalt<br />
IMO<br />
International Maritime Organisation<br />
PRADS International symposium on PRActical Design <strong>and</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r oating<br />
Structures<br />
RAO Response Amplitude Operator<br />
TEU<br />
Twenty feet Equivalent Unit<br />
TUHH Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg; Hamburg University <strong>of</strong><br />
Technology<br />
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