Seakeeping performance prediction of a river-costal boat made of GRE composite materials

Abstract

The design of the river-costal vehicles imposes the assessment by several hydrodynamic and structural criteria. This research involves the evaluation of a river-costal boat made of GRE composite materials at full load condition. The boat’s navigation area covers the Danube in land and costal zones, modeled as irregular oblique waves. The analysis is based on a strip theory hydrodynamic approach and short-term statistical dynamic response approach, delivering the seakeeping performances prediction of the river-costal boat.