Open AccessWAVE-INDUCED SHIP MOTIONS IN HARBOUR ENTRANCES - A FIELD STUDY
Author(s) -
A.C. Van Wyk Krueger
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
proceedings of conference on coastal engineering/proceedings of ... conference on coastal engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2156-1028
pISSN - 0589-087X
DOI - 10.9753/icce.v18.162
Subject(s) - harbour , allowance (engineering) , marine engineering , field (mathematics) , calibration , engineering , operations research , civil engineering , environmental science , computer science , operations management , mathematics , statistics , pure mathematics , programming language
Extensive field monitoring programmes were implemented to study the behaviour of deep-draught ships in the entrance channels to two major South African ports. These programmes form part of a study to assess the future accessibility of these ports to ships of greater draught. This paper describes briefly the monitoring techniques and methods of data analysis used, and reviews the results with regard to the environmental conditions during the monitoring operations. The prototype results on ship response to waves will provide valuable data for the calibration and validation of both mathematical and physical models. The results are also used to establish allowance criteria based on safe underkeel allowances for ships presently using these harbours.