• Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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• v.32 no.9
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• pp.711-716
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• 2008

Marine accidents related to the tug-barges are frequent recently, such as oil spill caused by collision between oil tankers and tug-barges. There are many causes of these accidents, but poor working condition of operators takes up a considerable part of most causes. That is, the danger of accidents caused by fatigue accumulation exists in tug-barges of less than 200 gross tonnage engaged on near-coastal voyages or short shipping, because of the long-distance navigational watch by only one master. This paper aims to deduce problems of human element part out of the plan of sqfe navigation, and to propose legal amendments for preventing marine accidents by tug-barges.

• Bulletin of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.60-67
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• 1974

포항종합제철(浦項綜合製鐵)은 제품출하시(製品出荷時) 해송비(海送比)를 약(約) 80% 정도(程度)로 잡고 있으며, 현재(現在) 하루 평균(平均) 약(約) 3,000ton가량의 제품(製品)이 출하(出荷)되고 있다. 따라서 강재품(鋼材品) 수송(輸送)에 push-barge system을 적용(適用)했을 경우에 각(各) 주요예상소비지(主要豫想消費地)의 1일(日) 예상소비량(豫想消費量)을 장래의 시설확장(施設擴張)을 고려(考慮)하여 1,000ton/day에서 4,000ton/day까지 가정하였고 속도(速度)는 연안화물선(沿岸貨物船)의 예(例)를 따라 7knots에서 13knots까지에 걸쳐 조사(調査)하였다. 회항시(廻航時) 화물(貨物)은 일단 없는 것으로 가정하였으며 몇가지 생각될 수 있는 것은 schedule중(中)에서 "1 tugboats: 3 barges", "2 tugboats: 4 barges", "3 tugboats: 5 barges"의 3가지만을 대상(對象)으로 하였다. 조사(調査)한 결과(結果) 소비량(消費量) 1,000ton/day인 경우에 포항-울산(浦項-蔚山) : 1,000 DWT barge, 8 knots, 1 tugboat: 3 barges 포항-부산(浦項-釜山) : 1,550 DWT barge, 8 knots, 1 tugboat : 3 barges 포항-인천(浦項-仁川) : 2,690 DWT barge, 9 knots, 2 tugboats : 4 barges 등이 최적(最適)인 것으로 나타났다. 또 자항화물선(自航貨物船)과 비교(比較)하면 같은 크기의 자항화물선(自航貨物船) $2.5{\sim}3.0$척(隻)에 해당(該當)하는 효율(效率)을 가진다. 이 결과(結果)로 미루어 보건대 push-barge system은 앞으로 연구개발(硏究開發)의 충분(充分)한 가치(價値)가 있는 것으로 생각된다.

• Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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• v.33 no.9
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• pp.609-614
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• 2009

The traffic of tug/barges which are carrying construction materials, large plants for harbor development, or offshore structures has recently increased in the coast of Korea. The west and south coast of Korea are always congested due to a lot of islands and traffic concentration. Specially tug/barges have higher probability of marine accidents due to their bad maneuverability than others. Considering the operational circumstance and maneuverability, this study was to develop a wide-area monitoring and control system for tug/barges in the coastal area of Korea. The system was made in the form of three program modules i.e. navigation analysis program module, monitoring and control program module, database module. And seven functions were programmed to monitor and control the tug/barges efficiently. These are ship information search, tug/barge information and track management, designated area and safe navigation zone management, fairway management, accident data management, warning of danger, safety information management.

• Bulletin of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.29-34
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• 1987

In this paper, a three dimensional singularity distribution method is applied to investigate the hydrodynamic interactions between two barges floating on a free surface of a deep water. The results show that the hydrodynamic interaction forces are important in the calculation responses of two barges floating in each other's vicinity. Furthermore the trends of hydrodynamic forces due to the motion of body itself are different from those of a single barged, and the motions of the seaward barge can sometimes exceed those of the seaward barged.

• Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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• v.27 no.1
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• pp.67-73
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• 2013

This paper presents the results of a numerical study on the towing stability of barges. Towing simulations were carried out by using two different numerical models (MMG model and cross-flow model). Stability criteria are also suggested based on the analysis of the linearized governing equations for towed vessel motion. In order to validate the present numerical models, the experimental data of Yasukawa et al. (2006) were used. Simulations were conducted for single and double barges under constant towing speed and direction conditions. The time histories of the heading angle, yaw rate, and towline tension were compared between the numerical results and experiments. The effects of the towline length on the slewing frequency and maximum heading angle were also observed. In addition, a series of numerical simulations using variable hydrodynamic coefficients were performed to investigate the effects of the hydrodynamic forces on the towing stability.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.27 no.7
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• pp.1051-1058
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• 2021

Barges that are towed by tugs do not have navigation capabilities and are usually connected to tugs. These kinds of combined navigation schemes have generated almost ten percent of all maritime accidents in the last five years. The study aims to reduce maritime accidents with barges towed by tugs by analyzing navigation characteristics and the current status of such combined navigation schemes. The analysis consists of the lesson learned from each verdict. The result of the study emphasizes that human factors continue to be the primary cause of maritime accidents with barges and tugs. Additionally, the research proposes that effective advertising for improving maritime safety by reducing towing barge maritime accidents should be created through associations of tugs and barges. Furthermore, relevant re-training must be conducted by maritime training institutions. The results of the study are expected to apply to the improvement of maritime safety through the advertisements to seafarers.

• Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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• v.42 no.4 s.142
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• pp.379-387
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• 2005

A ship may suffer sinkage and heel due to flood in a compartment caused by damage on a deck. The motion and waveloads of the heeled ship floating in waves have been analyzed by making use of a three dimensional potential theory taking account of the hydrodynamic pressure in the flooded compartments. The shear forces and bending moments due to radiation-diffraction waves have been calculated by the direct integration of the 3-d hydrodynamic pressure on the outer and inner hulls of floating barges. The motion responses and the relative flow rate across the mean free surface of the water in the flooded compartments are also presented.

• Ocean Systems Engineering
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.39-52
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• 2014

Floatover technology has been widely used in offshore installation, which has many substantial advantages compared with the traditional derrick barge. During the topside offloading of a twin-barge floatover installation, the transport barge is side by side moored between two floatover barges. In this paper, the twin-barge model with the connecting hawsers and pneumatic fenders is established. Coupled dynamic analysis is carried out to investigate the motions of the barges under wind, wave and current environments. Particular attention is paid to the effects on system responses with different frictional performance of fender, axial stiffness of the hawsers and environmental conditions. The research results can be used for optimizing the parameters of the system and reducing the risk of topside offloading.

• Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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• v.13 no.2 s.32
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• pp.26-34
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• 1999

Two types of barge, container and tanker vessels, are designed with specific dimensions for canal-coastal shipping in Kyung-In canal and Yellow Sea region. The principal dimensions of barges are determined by considering the environment of Kyung-In canal and Yellow Sea. The selection of structure type and structure type and strength confirmation is conducted by the technical rules of Korean Register of Shipping. For the structural analysis of designed barges, the semi-direct stuctural analysis is carried out with using MSC NASTRAN software. Applying identical dimensions to both vessels, the standardization of structural design and analysis procedure are introduced.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Navigation
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.11-29
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• 1986

As per the expanding needs of marine exploitation, many floating structures have been built. Among these, box-type vessel is considered as the most basic shape, to which plant barges and crane barges belong. Stability problem is very important for vessel. In order to increase transverse stability, this paper employs bulwarks along the upper deck sides of box-type vessels and the emphasis is laid upon the effect of bulwarks on transverse stability. In the present paper, the calculation method of heeling moment acting to the ship due to hydrostatic pressure is suggested, and actual procedures of the calculation for box-type vessels with bulwarks are shown. Furthermore corresponding model tests are carried out in small water tank. Through the comparison between calculated and measured values, it is confirmed that the preset calculation method is useful. And employing bulwarks on box-type vessels is very effective for increase of transverse stability at the heeling angles from about 15 degrees to about degrees.