SIMULATION OF THE DYNAMICS OF A SHIP MANOEUVRING IN WAVES

Traditionally, manoeuvring and seakeeping problems have been analysed separately. An analysis of the seakeeping characteristics of a project may for instance consist of strip calculations in the frequency domain and the manoeuvring performance is usually analysed using a time domain simulation program. This paper presents an attempt to develop a simulation program in the time domain, which allows for simulation of a ship manoeuvring in waves.