Small ships manoeuvring estimation in planning domain

The estimation of the small ships manoeuvring performance in the planning domain represents an important aspect related to the initial design stage. The turning circle characteristics can be determined by using the method proposed by Mordvinov. Based on this method, a computer code was performed in the Research Centre of the Naval Architecture Faculty from “Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati. Practical result obtained on a planning small ship with outboard engines is presented in this paper. The computer code was integrated in the PHP software platform, dedicated to the estimation of the ships hydrodynamics performances, in the case of didactical applications or research activities.