arXiv · 2511.10158
Closed Form Modelling and Identification of Banking Effects in Confined Waters
Abstract
Vessels navigating in confined waters are subject to banking effects, which are hydrodynamic forces and moments arising from pressure differentials between the vessel sides, significantly affecting manoeuvrability and safety. Existing numerical approaches such as computational fluid dynamics (CFD) can accurately capture these effects but are computationally expensive and unsuitable for real-time control or estimation. This paper presents a closed-form, first-principles model of banking effects. The model coefficients are identified using physics-informed regression on towing tank experiment data for a scaled container vessel. Validation through Shapley value analysis confirms the significance of the banking terms in reproducing the measured forces and moments. Lastly, the derived coefficients are shown to be non-dimensional, making the model applicable across different scales that preserve vessel geometry.
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Jeppe H. Mikkelsen, Thomas T. Enevoldsen, Bugge T. Jensen, Michael Jeppesen, Roberto Galeazzi, Dimitrios Papageorgiou. 2025-11-13. Closed Form Modelling and Identification of Banking Effects in Confined Waters. https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.10158
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