The effect of ship's impact on sea bed in shallow water

The main goal of navigation is to lead the ship amount of port of destination. The main limitation of ship handling is the depth of port water area. The ship's movement on such area is connected with problems like shallow waters in which it is possible to impact on sea bed. The consequence of such event can results in the ship hull damage. The kind and degree of hull damage mainly depend on the energy absorbed by the hull during its impact against the sea bottom. The paper presents the bass of a model which describes the ground. A general algorithm of ship movement parameters determination during contact with sea bed is determinate.