Offloading From Both Sides of a Super-container Ship to Land and Floating Harbor Predicted vs. Experimental Results

摘要

The feasibility of placing a large floating quay on the star-board side ofrna container ship for offloading from both sides is investigated. A 1:100-rnscale model test was conducted for the tree-body system in side-by-sidernarrangement including fixed land wall, a container ship, and a floatingrnharbor with small gaps. The same system is also modeled by a 3Drnmulti-body time-domain motion simulation program and the calculatedrnrelative motions and fender/mooring forces are compared against thernmodel-test results. The numerically predicted RAOs, dolphin/fenderrnforces, and motion time histories and their statistics reasonablyrncorrelate with those from experiment. The floating harbor systemrnperforms excellently for a typical operational condition, while they canrnexceed operational limits in the worst-possible wave condition. Therndeveloped computer program should be a useful numerical tool for thernoptimal design of future large-scale floating harbors.