SHIP MANOEUVRING BY PMM - MATHEMATICS AND EXPERIMENTS PART I, PART II

The early 2000’s saw the revitalisation of the ship manoeuvring activity of the Ship Hydrodynamics Department of Icepronav. Mathematical modelling of the ship manoeuvring was approached on a new basis. The Abkowitz model, although classical, was found suitable for the available experimental gear - the planar motion mechanism (PMM), installed on the carriage of the main towing tank, length×beam×depth: 280×12×6m. Software for the experimental data processing and basic IMO manoeuvres simulation was written. Till mid 2008, this procedure was used for both contractual and research work.