The effect of shallow water on the manoeverability of ship

The paper presents an analysis of the effect of shallow water on the dynamic characteristics of a ship. Basing on the equation of ship's motion in horizontal plane, the effect of shallow water and ship's speed influence, respectively, on the values of hydrodynamic coefficients of the hull and rudder of ship have been considered. It also shows the nature of changes in the values of differential equations coefficients, which describe the ship motion and the results of computer simulation of the course changes.