Inthispaper,a3Dsourcedistributiontechniqueisusedtocalculatethecoupledmotionsbetweentwoshipswhichadvanceinthewavewiththesamespeed.Thenumericalresultsofcoupledmotionsforafrigateandasupplyshiphaveagoodagreementwiththeexperimentalresults.Basedonthe3Dcoupledmotionsoftwoships,aspectralanalysisisemployedtoclearlyobservetheeffectofspeed,clearanceandwaveheadingonthesignificantrelativemotionamplitude(SRMA)oftwoships.Themethodpresentedinthispaperwillbehelpfultoselectsuitableclearance,speedandwaveheadingforunderwayreplenishmentatsea(RAS).
