Captive model testing for ship to ship operations

Abstract

In the frame of the research project entitled “Investigating Hydrodynamic Aspects and Control Strategies forShip-to-Ship Operations” [1], co-ordinated by MARINTEK (Trondheim, Norway) and supported financially bythe Research Council of Norway, a captive model test program has been carried out at the Towing Tank forManoeuvres in Shallow Water (co-operation Flanders Hydraulics Research – Ghent University) in Antwerp,Belgium. The present paper will give an overview of the entire model test program. For a limited amount of testsall measured data will be made available, free to use.