OCEAN ENGINEERING, cilt.291, 2024 (SCI-Expanded)
The effect of a ship's acceleration and deceleration in regular head waves on parametric roll motion is examined experimentally in the study and compared with a mathematical model. Operators queries such as "Should I accelerate or decelerate the ship in resonance condition?" and "Is the magnitude of acceleration or deceleration effective in reducing large roll motion?" are tried to answer. It is well known that waves with lengths similar to that of the ship may suffer parametric roll motion. Additionally, it is possible to say that the encounter frequency itself provides the ship's tuning factor. Since one particular wave is selected with a length equal to the ship's length, the tuning factor in this study at ship operation is the velocity. Results indicate that the amplitudes of roll motion at acceleration and deceleration periods are still large. Results also indicate that the magnitude of acceleration or deceleration affects the roll motion. The mathematical model is also solved numerically and compared with experimental results to better understand the effect of acceleration magnitude.