<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The article presents the experiment’s results of the lifeboat model lowered with an initial speed and then released to fall onto a flat water surface. The purpose of the research is to determine the trajectory of the vertical boat motion and describe it with a mathematical model. This is closely related to determining the damping factor since the vertical motion is damped and the lifeboat gets balanced and stops moving after some time. The procedure of selecting parameters in the mathematical model to adjust to the results of the experiment was described in details. The summary describes the imperfections of the presented damping model and their probable causes.</p></abstract>

The article presents the experiment’s results of the lifeboat model lowered with an initial speed and then released to fall onto a flat water surface. The purpose of the research is to determine the trajectory of the vertical boat motion and describe it with a mathematical model. This is closely related to determining the damping factor since the vertical motion is damped and the lifeboat gets balanced and stops moving after some time. The procedure of selecting parameters in the mathematical model to adjust to the results of the experiment was described in details. The summary describes the imperfections of the presented damping model and their probable causes.

Vertical Motions Damping Model Test of a Lifeboat Lowered Onto a Flat Sea Surface

Polish Maritime Research

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The article presents the experiment’s results of the lifeboat model lowered with an initial speed and then released to fall onto a flat water surface. The...

Vertical Motions Damping Model Test of a Lifeboat Lowered Onto a Flat Sea Surface

Publié en ligne: 07 juin 2018

Pages: 51 - 55

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pomr-2018-0022

Mots clés
damping, dynamics, differential equations, lowering a lifeboat, numerical simulations

© 2018 Aleksander Kniat et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Vertical Motions Damping Model Test of a Lifeboat Lowered Onto a Flat Sea Surface

Publié en ligne: 07 juin 2018

Pages: 51 - 55

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pomr-2018-0022

Mots clésdamping, dynamics, differential equations, lowering a lifeboat, numerical simulations

© 2018 Aleksander Kniat et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Mots clés
damping, dynamics, differential equations, lowering a lifeboat, numerical simulations