Evaluation of Seakeeping Performance of an Light Aircraft Carrier

In this study, a combined seakeeping performance evaluation method has been developed for the design purpose of the light aircraft carrier CVX of Korean Navy. A frequency domain analysis method was developed for evaluation of safe operating envelope up to sea state 6, while a time domain analysis method was developed for survival condition of sea state 7 and higher. The frequency-domain solver AdFLOW-Navy was developed by adding empirical formula of roll damping and fin-stabilizer to the existing AdFLOW by KRISO, which was based on the three-dimensional higher order boundary element method (HOBEM). For the estimation of the roll damping coefficient, a two-dimensional cross-section was automatically extracted from the three-dimensional panel, and the roll damping coefficient was analyzed for the two-dimensional cross-section. As for the time domain analysis method, KIMAPS-Navy was developed by improving and expanding the KIMAPS series developed by KRISO which is based on the impulse response function by utilizing the hydrodynamic coefficients obtained from the AdFLOW-Navy. In addition, a weakly nonlinear analysis approach was applied to analyze highly nonlinear motion under heavy sea states. Finally numeraical analysis results were compared with model tests, which showed practical usefulness of the present combined seakeeping analysis approach.