Experimental Study on the Nonlinear Behavior of a Sailing Container Ship under Landslide-Induced Surges

Surges induced by rock landslides that enter water at a high speed are extremely destructive. The initial surge height and spread characteristic are important references used in disaster precaution and risk assessment. In this study, twenty groups of orthogonal experiments of landslide-induced impulse wave were conducted, the details of the self-propulsion of ships were designed, the values of the propeller, rudder, and shafting were calculated, and the model of the propeller and rudder was processed. The validity of the model system was verified from a turning test, zig-zag maneuver test, and free attenuation test. The interactions between landslides and water and between landslide-induced wave and ships are analyzed by performing an orthogonal model test and determining the difference among the initial wave heights of landslide surges caused by different landslide volumes. The model test can compare and analyze the influences of different landslide volumes and navigation positions on the nonlinear behavior of ships, thereby proposing control methods and measures for safe sailing in waters with landslide-induced surges and providing a theoretical basis for disaster prevention and reduction in the channel of a reservoir area or a hydraulic structure.

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