简介:Theshipmotionsandwave-inducedloadsofanewtypeofriver-to-seashipareinvestigatedexperimentallyandnumerically.Ariver-to-seashipisanunconventionaltypeofcontainershipcharacterizedbyhighbreadthtodraftratioandlowlengthtobreadthratio,whichmakesitmorepronetohydroelasticitythanconventionalshipsofthesamesize.Asegmentedmodelwastestedundertwoloadingconditions,namely,ballastandloadedconditions,todeterminetheverticalmotionsandwave-inducedloadsundereachcondition.Resultsarecomparedwithnumericalsimulationsinthefrequencydomain.Thewave-inducedresponsesarecalculatedbyanonlineartimedomaincodeateachtimestep.Theresponseamplitudeoperatorsofverticalshipresponsesinregularwavesareanalyzed,andthewave-inducedresponsesareconsistentwiththeexperimentalresults.