Application of the IMO maneuvering criteria for pod-driven ships
1. Lookup NU author(s)   2. Dr Michael Woodward   3. Professor
Mehmet Atlar   4. Dr David Clarke Author(s)Woodward MD, Atlar M,
Clarke D Publication type Article JournalJournal of Ship
Research ISSN (print)0022-4502 ISSN (electronic)1542-0604 Full
text is available for this publication: The fundamental
objective of this paper is to make qualified assessment of the
validity of the International Maritime Organization (IMO)
maneuvering criteria “Resolution MSC.137(76),” when applied to
pod-driven ships. The performance limits given by the criteria
provide an adequate benchmark to compare all ships, regardless
of propulsion type. However, the application of specific helm
angle is less well defined as azimuthing pod drives, like any
vectoring thrusters, can be turned to any helm angle, with no
specific definition for the angle of maximum force. To address
this problem, new methods for modeling the hydrodynamic reaction
for both the ship hull and p