Modeling and Simulating for TSHD’s Swell Compensator by ADAMS

1 Introduction Today, maneuvering the draghead of a trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) on a predetermined spot is an operation that demands an increasing degree of accuracy (Cornelis, 1983). As a self-propelled, self-loading and self-discharging seagoing or inland waterway vessel with one or more flexible suction pipes equipped with special dragheads, the TSHD has a wide application area and is therefore called the workhorse of the dredging industry (Ni, 2004). The swell compensator, c…