Evaluation of Safety of Navigation in Muddy Areas through Real-Time Maneuvering Simulation
Publication: Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering
Volume 133, Issue 2
Abstract
A ship maneuvering simulator is a valuable tool for evaluating conditions that may be considered as critical from a nautical point of view. The full mission bridge simulation study described in this paper has been performed to assess the maneuvering behavior of large container vessels in navigation areas with bottoms covered with fluid mud deposits. The input for the simulator consisted of a mathematical model based on results of extensive captive model test series. The presented qualitative and quantitative analysis of the simulation runs provides a solid basis for an advice for a new definition of the nautical bottom in the harbor of Zeebrugge, which fully takes into account all significant effects on ship controllability.
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Acknowledgments
The research project Determination of the nautical bottom in the harbor of Zeebrugge: Nautical implications has been carried out cooperatively by Ghent University and Flanders Hydraulics Research, commissioned by T.V. Noordzee & Kust (Ostend, Belgium)—a joint venture of NV Baggerwerken Decloedt & Zoon, NV Dredging International, and NV Ondernemingen Jan De Nul—in the frame of the optimization of the maintenance dredging contract for the harbor of Zeebrugge, financed by the Division Maritime Access, Department Mobility and Public Works, Flemish Authorities. The writers wish to thank the Zeebrugge pilots (Flemish Pilotage) for their cooperation during real-time simulations. The Central Dredging Association kindly granted the permission to use the figures and tables from (Delefortrie et al. 2005b), published in the conference proceedings of the CEDA Dredging Days 2005.
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Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering
Volume 133 • Issue 2 • March 2007
Pages: 125 - 135
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© 2007 ASCE.
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Received: Apr 7, 2005
Accepted: Feb 7, 2006
Published online: Mar 1, 2007
Published in print: Mar 2007
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