Analysis and validation of ad hoc nonlinear roll motion models

ARI ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-119
Author(s):  
M. Taylan
Author(s):  
Fengchen Wang ◽  
Yan Chen

This paper presents a novel mass-center-position (MCP) metric for vehicle rollover propensity detection. MCP is first determined by estimating the positions of the center of mass of one sprung mass and two unsprung masses with two switchable roll motion models, before and after tire lift-off. The roll motion information without saturation can then be provided through MCP continuously. Moreover, to detect completed rollover statues for both tripped and untripped rollovers, the criteria are derived from d’Alembert principle and moment balance conditions based on MCP. In addition to tire lift-off, three new rollover statues, rollover threshold, rollover occurrence, and vehicle jumping into air can be all identified by the proposed criteria. Compared with an existing rollover index, lateral load transfer ratio, the fishhook maneuver simulation results in CarSim® for an E-class SUV show that MCP metric can successfully predict the vehicle impending rollover without saturation for untripped rollovers. Tripped rollovers caused by a triangle road bump are also successfully detected in the simulation. Thus, MCP metric can be successfully applied for rollover propensity prediction.


Author(s):  
Wei Chai ◽  
Arvid Naess ◽  
Bernt J. Leira

In this paper, the long-term extreme response of a vessel rolling in random beam seas is addressed. The long-term response analysis is based on the upcrossing rates of the roll motion under different sea states. However, the nonlinear effects associated with the restoring and damping terms have a significant influence on the high-level response, assessing the corresponding statistics, such as the upcrossing rate, with low probability levels is difficult and time-consuming. In this work, the Markov theory is introduced in order to tackle this problem. Specifically, the random roll excitation moment is approximated as a filtered white noise process by applying a linear filter technique and an efficient four-dimensional (4D) path integration (PI) procedure is applied in order to calculate the response statistics. The long-term analysis of nonlinear roll motion in random seas that takes into considerations of the response statistics obtained by the 4D PI method as well as the variation of the sea states could be a valuable reference for ship stability research.


Brodogradnja ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 72 (3) ◽  
pp. 97-123
Author(s):  
Yihan Zhang ◽  
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Ping Wang ◽  
Yachong Liu ◽  
Jingfeng Hu

The trimaran vessel rolls strongly at low forward speed and may capsize in high sea conditions due to chaos and loss of stability, which is not usually considered in conventional limit-based criteria. In order to perfect the method of measuring roll performance of trimaran, a set of nonlinear roll motion stability analysis method based on Lyapunov and Melnikov theory was established. The nonlinear roll motion equation was constructed by CFD and high-order polynomial fitting method. The wave force threshold of rolling chaos in regular waves is calculated by Gauss-Legendre numerical integration method. The limited significant wave height of rolling chaos in random sea conditions is deduced by the phase space transfer rate, and the complex effect of wind load is superposed in the calculation. The influence of trimaran configuration on the roll system is analyzed through the state differentiation of homoclinic and heteroclinic orbit in phase portrait. The calculation of the maximum Lyapunov exponent further verified the applicability of Melnikov method, and the topological structure change of gradual failure of the rolling system is analyzed by the erosion of safe basin. The complex changes of the nonlinear damping coefficient and the nonlinear restoring moment coefficient caused by the change of the transverse lay-outs between the main hull and side hull have a significant influence on chaos and stability, and the existence of wind load has a certain weakening effect on the stability and symmetry of the system. The conclusion also further indicates the importance of the lay-outs to the dynamic stability of the trimaran vessel, which is significant for its seakeeping design.


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