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About The Stability of Ship Equilibrium PDF
About The Stability of Ship Equilibrium PDF
Ioan Cuncev
-Transport Research Institute-
This paper deals with the problem of ship equilibrium stability using the theory
of catastrophes.
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U sin 2 r0 .tg 2
V a cos r0 a cos
2 cos 2
(1)
D
where: r0=Ix /D
Further, supposing that the centre of gravity is variable, it is achieved a
study on ship equilibrium stability, thus resulting aspects that may be also
related to the theory of catastrophes.
Condition of equilibrium:
V tg 2
r0 1 a sin 0,
2 (2)
which in fact represents the condition when the rudder torque should be
annulled, leads to:
=0 (3)
which represents the equilibrium trajectory, as well as to:
2 2
a tg
1 1
r0 2 2
which represents another trajectory of equilibrium (fig.2).
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Calculating:
2V tg 2 tg 2
r0 r0 1 a cos
2 cos 2 (6)
3V tg V
3 r0 (7)
3 cos3
4V 1 3 sin3 2V
3 r0 (8)
4 cos5 2
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r a r0 2
r 0 4
8 2
namely:
2v 1 4 a
W 12
r0 4 r0
4
W b2 (6)
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where:
a
b 1
r0
Formula (6) means the potential of a catastrophe process of CUSP stable type:
X 4 pX 2
W qx (7)
4 2
where, q=0.
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W
3 2b 0, (8)
Therefore:
a
3 2 1 0
r0
finding it again in the equations (3) and (5):
=0
a 2
1
r0 2
which represents the equation of the intersection curve of plane q=0, namely
W
(b), with the behavioural surface 0.
These results were obtained based on the hypothesis that the ship has not an
initial inclination i .
Further, (fig.4) let’s consider the ship in equilibrium, in her initial position i,
due to the displacement of centre of gravity G0 in G for example, by movement
of a weight p from position (y0, Z0) to position (y1, Z1).
Fig.4-The arm of statical stability when the centre of gravity of the ship moves
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according to a natural trajectory, making thus the stable equilibrium not possible
on branch 3-4.
These are only a few examples of trajectories, others being also possible and
others for i<0, as well as more general trajectories, where both “a” and I ,
namely yG and ZG vary, fact which involves variations of parameters of input
command b and q of figure 5.
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