T&R Report R-12: Slamming Pressures on a Barge Model (1971)

The work reported herein was initiated at the request of Panel HS-2 (Slamming) of The Society's Technical and Research Program to determine whether. or not impact pressures generated on barge bows, while operating in waves, could be estimated in the same manner as that proposed by Dr. M.K. Ochi for typical ship forebody forms. The incentive for conducting the investigation was provided by the growing importance of offshore barge transportation services and the increasing cost of repairing structural damages caused by barge slamming in rough seas.