The Natural Frequency Sensitivities of the Lower Modes of Ship Hull Vibrations

In the course of ship basic design, the redesign works to avoid resonance can be carried out efficiently provided that the frequency sensitivities of the baseline system is available. In this paper, for lower modes of ship's hull vibrations, a practical method to predict the natural frequency sensitivities to major design variables subject to considerations at the preliminary design stage is presented. The method is of derivation based on frequency sensitivities of uniform Timoshenko beams eguivalent to actual ships.