Experimental investigation of a fast monohull in forced harmonic motions: Fid-Bau Portal

Experimental investigation of a fast monohull in forced harmonic motions

Marón, A. / Ponce, J. / Fonseca, N. / Soares, C. Guedes

AbstractThe paper presents the results of an experimental investigation of added masses and damping coefficients of a model of a fast monohull. A model of 4.5m length between perpendiculars was constructed of fiber glass reinforced plastic (FRP) with four segments connected by a backbone. The backbone was instrumented with load cells at the positions of the cuts. This configuration, combined with load cells measuring the force exerted by the forced motion actuators, made it possible to obtain the hydrodynamic coefficients for each of the four hull segments.The investigation focused on the vertical motions. Thus, the experimental program included forced harmonic heave and pitch motions in calm water (no incident waves). Subtracting inertial and restoring forces from total measured forces, one obtained the hydrodynamic component, which then resulted in the hydrodynamic coefficients. The effects of steady forward speed on the radiation forces were investigated by conducting model tests at four forward speeds. Finally, nonlinear effects were assessed by conducting model tests for three amplitudes of forced heave and forced pitch motions.