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The PDFs (probability density functions) and probability of a ship rolling under the random parametric and forced excitations were studied by a semi-analytical method. The rolling motion equation of the ship in random oblique waves was established. The righting arm obtained by the numerical simulation was approximately fitted by an analytical function. The irregular waves were decomposed into two Gauss stationary random processes, and the CARMA (2, 1) model was used to fit the spectral density function of parametric and forced excitations. The stochastic energy envelope averaging method was used to solve the PDFs and the probability. The validity of the semi-analytical method was verified by the Monte Carlo method. The C11 ship was taken as an example, and the influences of the system parameters on the PDFs and probability were analyzed. The results show that the probability of ship rolling is affected by the characteristic wave height, wave length, and the heading angle. In order to provide proper advice for the ship's manoeuvring, the parametric excitations should be considered appropriately when the ship navigates in the oblique seas.
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Foundation item: this work was financially supported by the Project of “Nonlinear Wave Excitation and Response of Surface Vehicle” (Grant No. B2420132001) and the Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin (Grant No. 15JCQNJC07700).
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Liu, Lq., Liu, Yl., Xu, Wh. et al. A Semi-Analytical Method for the PDFs of A Ship Rolling in Random Oblique Waves. China Ocean Eng 32, 74–84 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13344-018-0008-y
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