As the maneuverability of a ship navigating close to a bank is influenced by the sidewall, the assessment of ship maneuvering stability is important. The hydrodynamic derivatives measured by the planar motion mechani...As the maneuverability of a ship navigating close to a bank is influenced by the sidewall, the assessment of ship maneuvering stability is important. The hydrodynamic derivatives measured by the planar motion mechanism (PMM) test provide a way to predict the change of ship maneuverability. This paper presents a numerical simulation of PMM model tests with variant distances to a vertical bank by using unsteady RANS equations. A hybrid dynamic mesh technique is developed to realize the mesh configuration and remeshing of dynamic PMM tests when the ship is close to the bank. The proposed method is validated by comparing numerical results with results of PMM tests in a circulating water channel. The first-order hydrodynamic derivatives of the ship are analyzed from the time history of lateral force and yaw moment according to the multiple-run simulating procedure and the variations of hydrodynamic derivatives with the ship-sidewall distance are given. The straight line stability and directional stability are also discussed and stable or unstable zone of proportional-derivative (PD) controller parameters for directional stability is shown, which can be a reference for course keeping operation when sailing near a bank.展开更多
The effects of active control on the vehicle roll were studied. Based on the theory that distributing the greater roll stiffness to the rear axle can improve tracking trajectory capacity and increase maneuver stabilit...The effects of active control on the vehicle roll were studied. Based on the theory that distributing the greater roll stiffness to the rear axle can improve tracking trajectory capacity and increase maneuver stability, an eight degrees of freedom vehicle model was established and feedforward feedback control strategy was devised to control distribution of lateral load transfer on the front axle and the rear one. Simulation results showed that the proposed control strategy can improve comfort, maneuver stability and safety effectively.展开更多
基金supported by the National Key Basic Research Program of China(Grant No.2014CB046804)
文摘As the maneuverability of a ship navigating close to a bank is influenced by the sidewall, the assessment of ship maneuvering stability is important. The hydrodynamic derivatives measured by the planar motion mechanism (PMM) test provide a way to predict the change of ship maneuverability. This paper presents a numerical simulation of PMM model tests with variant distances to a vertical bank by using unsteady RANS equations. A hybrid dynamic mesh technique is developed to realize the mesh configuration and remeshing of dynamic PMM tests when the ship is close to the bank. The proposed method is validated by comparing numerical results with results of PMM tests in a circulating water channel. The first-order hydrodynamic derivatives of the ship are analyzed from the time history of lateral force and yaw moment according to the multiple-run simulating procedure and the variations of hydrodynamic derivatives with the ship-sidewall distance are given. The straight line stability and directional stability are also discussed and stable or unstable zone of proportional-derivative (PD) controller parameters for directional stability is shown, which can be a reference for course keeping operation when sailing near a bank.
文摘The effects of active control on the vehicle roll were studied. Based on the theory that distributing the greater roll stiffness to the rear axle can improve tracking trajectory capacity and increase maneuver stability, an eight degrees of freedom vehicle model was established and feedforward feedback control strategy was devised to control distribution of lateral load transfer on the front axle and the rear one. Simulation results showed that the proposed control strategy can improve comfort, maneuver stability and safety effectively.