• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.19 no.6
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• pp.637-642
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• 2013

In this paper, an analysis results of towing force and towing points which are dominating factors to determine the behavior of towed ship are introduced. The towing force and towing points to achive the desired posture and its position of the towed vessel are derived based on simplified dynamics and linearization method. LQR algorithm for posture control is applied to linearized system and numerical simulation is also executed. Force based on COG(cneter of gravity) and gain of controller to achieve desired posture for target vessel are obtained by using Riccati matrix equation and pseudo inverse matrix is applied to analyze the relation between the derived force and its towing point. Based on this analysis method, towing force need to move the towed vessel from its initial position to target position can be calculated. The towing method including towing point and direction is also considered on this method. Finally, the relation between towing force and towing point is confirmed from the analysis and the results can be applied to arrangement of tug boats during salvage works.

• Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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• v.38 no.5
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• pp.463-470
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• 2014

In this paper, calculation of towing force required to tow the ship and experiments to verify its appropriacy are discussed. Friction, wind and wave-making resistance of vessel are considered to calculate towing force of specified vessel. Propeller resistance is also reflected and it is assumed that the propellers are locked. Node analysis to estimate additional resistance on towline is applied. Total towing force could be obtained by adding the ship's resistance and towline resistance. Experiments with training ship SAE YU DAL was executed to check the effectiveness of calculation methods and some comparison between experiments and calculation results was also done. From the comparative analysis, we confirmed that towing speed is primary terms in the calculation of towing force and propeller resistance is a major elements of ship's resistance with the increasing of towing speed. We can see that additional resistance induced by yawing of ship during towing have to be considered for total tow resistance.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2013.06a
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• pp.180-181
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• 2013

해상에서 사고 선박을 신속하게 예인하는 것은 현장에서 일어날 수 있는 2차적인 피해를 사전에 예방할 수 있는 중요한 조치이다. 이를 위해서는 예인선을 이용하여 사고선박을 이동시켜야 하고 예인선과 피 예인 선박은 예인삭에 의해 연결되게 된다. 자력운항이 불가능한 상태에서 피 예인 선박은 예인선의 예인력에 의해 거동이 좌우되고 예인력은 해상환경 및 피예인 선박의 저항력을 고려하여 결정되어야 한다. 본 연구에서는 피 예인 선박 예인 시 예인저항과 이로 인해 예인삭에 걸리는 장력해석법에 대해 검토한다. 본 연구를 통해 얻어진 결과는 사고선박 예인지원시스템에 효율적으로 활용 가능할 것이다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2012.10a
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• pp.17-18
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• 2012

해상에서 사고선박을 사고지점으로부터 안전한 곳으로 이동시키는 것은 사고선박의 2차적인 피해를 사전에 예방할 수 있는 중요한 조치이다. 본 연구에서는 예인선을 이용하여 사고선박을 예인할 때 예인선에 의한 예인력과 사고선박의 거동을 결정짓는 무게중심에서의 힘 토크 관계를 살펴보고자 한다. 먼저 간략화된 사고선박의 모델을 이용하여 목적으로 하는 움직임을 달성하기 위한 무게중심에서의 힘과 토크를 계산하였다. 이러한 힘과 토크를 발생시키기 위해서는 소정의 지점에 예인삭을 연결하여 예인력을 가해야 하므로, 무게중심에서의 힘과 토크를 발생하기 위해 필요한 각 지점에서의 힘을 해석적으로 도출하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Marine Environment & Energy
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.198-204
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• 2014

Ships sailing the seas encounter air resistance. The air resistance depends on the shape of the above-water hull, the ship speed, the wind speed and wind direction. The experimental or statistical methods which are used to predict the air resistance are one of the essential procedures of the calculation of the towing force of the disabled ships. This paper shows simplified air resistance prediction method using the variables of the projected area of the above-water hull, the speed of the ship, the wind speed and its direction. These methods have been applied to the existing computer program which had been set up to predict the towing force of the disabled ships.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Marine Environment & Energy
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.150-155
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• 2012

One of the primary purposes of tugs is for the towing of other ships in salvage operations. In order to conduct such a task safely, the tug should be capable of generating the appropriate towing forces. Therefore the prediction of resistance against a towed ship during towing operation is a very important and essential procedure. This paper studies the ship resistance calculation program to predict towing force. The calculation program consists of the functions that calculate basic hull resistance in calm water, added resistance due to wind, drifting, hull roughness, waves, shallow water and currents. All predictions are calculated by statistical and empirical methods by graph or formula. The calculation results made by this program are compared with the results from the U.S. Navy's Towing Manual. These results confirm that this computer program is quite capable of appropriately predicting the resistance of damaged ships.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.179-185
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• 2011

A marine collision accident occurred at the Jin-do water way. A barge loaded with heavy equipment of Power Generation Plant was being towed at its side by two tugs "A" and "B" from Byeg-pa harbour to the designated position to be used for power generation plant near Jin-do bridge. The Power Generation Plant was 40-meters high loaded atop the barge. When the "tugs and tow" were approaching the Jin-do the bridge, the two towing tugs lost maneuvering control of the barge and it went off-course, hit first the waterway embankment and finally struck the lower part of bridge's span and post musing the barge to capsize and sunk its cargo into the sea. The bridge also suffered damages where the top of the Plant struck At the time of the accident, there was a strong tidal current at the waterway. This paper calculates the safe towing force of barges with heavy loads when traversing in a strong tidal current situation in narrow waterway.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Marine Environment & Energy
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.211-216
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• 2013

Most of hull resistance prediction methods which are used to calculate the towing force of disabled ships are very simple and old-fashioned. In particular, in cases of barge ships, a method similar to the US Navy Towing Manual is being used. This paper reviewed the US Navy Towing Manual and the notification method of Korea Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries and proved that these prediction methods are irrational and inaccurate. Furthermore, a new Modified-Yamagata-Barge method is introduced as a more rational and accurate resistance prediction method which can be applied in case of barge ships.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2014.06a
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• pp.17-19
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• 2014

해양사고 발생 직후 2차적인 피해로의 확산을 방지하기 위한 조치로 사고선박을 안전한 장소로 이동하게 된다. 사고선박의 크기와 상태 그리고 해상조건을 고려하여 예선의 크기와 척수가 결정된다. 이 과정에서 사고선박의 선체저항을 계산하게 되는데, 기존의 이론식을 적용하여 계산하고 이에 대한 검증 단계로 예인실험을 실시하였다. 대상선박은 목포해양대학교 실습선 새유달호이며, 장력계, 외력 측정장치 등 실험장치는 실습선에 탑재하여 계측하였다. 실험장소는 목포해양대학교 인근 묘박지이며, 당시 풍속은 7m/s, 조류는 0.7m/s 전후이었으며, 횡방향 예인, 전방 2척 예인, 전 후방예인, 프로펠러고착, 예인속력의 변화 등 다양한 시나리오에 대하여 실험을 실시하였다. 장력의 계측은 예선의 예인삭을 사용하였으며, 실습선 선수미 비트에 장력계를 연결하여 측정하였고, 장력계의 최대측정 범위는 20톤을 사용하였다. 예인속력은 정지에서 3m/s까지 단계적으로 증가시키면서 해당 속력별 장력을 계측하여 속력증가에 따른 예인력을 확인하였다. 최종적으로 이론계산 결과와 실선실험 결과를 상호 비교하여 이론계산식의 유효성을 검증하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2018.11a
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• pp.158-161
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• 2018

In this paper, the towing force is calculated for the LNG bunker barge. LNG bunkering barge is being developed as an infrastructure for the bunkering of LNG(Liquefied Natural Gas), an eco-friendly energy source. In the case of the LNG bunker barge, a self-propulsion is considered through retrofit from an operating point. Therefore, the LNG bunker barge is similar to the shape of the ship as compared to a towed barge, so a rule of the towed barge overestimates the towing force. In order to improve accuracy, the calm water resistance is calculated according to the ITTC 1978 method considering the wave resistance by the Rankine source method. The added resistance in waves is calculated using the modified radiated energy method considering the shortwave correction method of NMRI. The performance of the towing resistances through the calm water resistance and the added resistance in waves was compared with rules of the towed barge.