In this paper we present the results of an investigation of the feasibility of Open Source CFD software for small ship design offices. CFD calculations are more and more often used to analyze and evaluate ship designs, amongst others to compare hull form variants, or to optimize part of the hull, like the design of the bulbous bow. Most of the smaller ship design offices sub-contract these calculations to specialized institutes or companies, especially when the number of hull shapes for which an analysis is required annually is relatively low. However Open Source CFD programs might provide a good opportunity for small offices to do some CFD work in-house, as one of the drawbacks of commercial CFD tools, their high licensing costs, can be avoided. This paper shows the potential of one Open Source CFD solver (Open Foam) and a number of pre/post processing tools. The paper also describes some of the problems and the effort required to develop a working system which provides useful results.
Evaluating the feasibility of open source CFD software for small ship design offices
COMPIT, International Conference on Computer and IT Applications in the Maritime Industries, 10 ; 195-205
Schriftenreihe Schiffbau ; 650
2011
11 Seiten, 8 Bilder, 2 Tabellen, 11 Quellen
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Englisch
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