A state-of-the-art review on ship’s springing investigation

With the development of ship turning into large scale and widely using of high strength steel, springing behavior appears more and more frequently in large ships which are traveling at sea, especially those of ship length more than 300 meters. The springing is a resonance with high frequency, which will take important influence on fatigue life of ship structure. In this paper, theoretical predictions, model tests and full scale measurements of springing behaviors on ships are reviewed systemically. Furthermore, prospect of the study of springing on ships is advanced.