In this publication a U-shaped tank, consisting of two reservoirs with slightly inclining outside walls and connected by means of a conduit. is considered as a passive anti-rolling device for ships. The fluid motion in the tank caused by a harmonically rolling ship is described mathematically and expressed in the moment which is exerted on the ship by the tank fluid. To determine optimum tank dimensions, the rolling motion of a ship model, equipped with a U-tank, is also analysed for regular waves. The mathematical results were verified with experiments.


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    Title :

    The performance of U-tanks as a passive anti-rolling device 1


    Contributors:
    Stigter, C. (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1966-08-01


    Size :

    27 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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