The detection and analysis of wave slamming from full-scale ship measurements.

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dc.contributor.advisorBekker, Annieen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorMuiyser, Jacquesen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorSaunders, Clinton Frederick Wooden_ZA
dc.contributor.otherStellenbosch University. Faculty of Engineering. Dept. of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering.en_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-27T20:51:38Z
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-07T06:58:45Z
dc.date.available2018-11-27T20:51:38Z
dc.date.available2018-12-07T06:58:45Z
dc.date.issued2018-12
dc.descriptionThesis (MEng)--Stellenbosch University, 2018.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractENGLISH ABSTRACT: Bow and stern wave slamming has proven to be a persisting and concerning problem on the S.A. Agulhas II. Various full-scale vibration measurements have been conducted over several voyages in the Southern Ocean. Past research has concluded that vibration has reached levels where damage was possible in the stern and is probable in the bow during open water navigation (Soal, 2014). In order to better understand the drivers behind slamming, an algorithm was developed to detect and count slamming events in full-scale signals. Detection was done in the time domain using acceleration peaks, as well as the frequency domain using a wavelet transform. Statistical thresholds were then determined using a median absolute deviation. The data in the frequency domain provedmost accurate for counting slams. Slamming counts were then compared with environmental and operational variables for the voyages. It was determined that these variables have a significant effect on the frequency of slamming events.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractAFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Skeepslag op die boeg en agterstewe van ’n skip is ’n aanhoudende en kommerwekkende probleem op die S.A. Agulhas II. Verskeie volskaalse vibrasie metings is al geneem op die skip tydens verskeie reise in die Suidelike Osean. Vorige navorsing het bewys dat die vibrasie wat ervaar word skade kan aanrig in die agterstewe en waarskynlik in die boeg wanneer die skip op die oop see vaar (Soal, 2014). Om beter te verstaan wat skeepslag veroorsaak, is ’n algoritme ontwikkel om branderklap in die vibrasie sein te identifiseer en te tel. Skeepslag is geindentifiseer in die tyd domein deur middel van versnellingspieke, asook in die frekwensie domein deur middel van golfomskakeling. Statistiese drempels is dan bepaal deur van ’n mediaan absolute afwyking gebruik te maak. Daar is gevind dat die data in die frekwensie domein meer akuraat is om skeepslag gevalle te identifiseer en te tel. Skeepslag is ook vergelyk met omgewingsfaktore sowel as operasionele faktore vir die reise. Daar is vasgestel dat beide omgewings en operasionele faktore ’n beduidende uitwerking het op die frekwensie van skeepslag.af_ZA
dc.format.extent123 pages : illustrationsen_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/105084
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherStellenbosch : Stellenbosch Universityen_ZA
dc.rights.holderStellenbosch Universityen_ZA
dc.subjectHydrodynamicsen_ZA
dc.subjectVibration -- Measurementen_ZA
dc.subjectDeviation (Mathematics)en_ZA
dc.subjectWavelet analysisen_ZA
dc.subjectUCTDen_ZA
dc.subjectFull-scale ship measurementsen_ZA
dc.titleThe detection and analysis of wave slamming from full-scale ship measurements.en_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA
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