Numerical simulations have been carried out to determine the incompressible free surface flow around a VLCC hull form for which experimental results are available. A commercial viscous flow finite volume code using the two-phase Eulerian-Eulerian fluid approach and a potential flow code based on the Rankine source method have been used in this study. The simulation conditions are the ones for which experimental results exist. The SST (shear stress transport ) turbulence model has been used in the viscous flow code. A tetrahedral unstructured grid was used with the viscous flow code for meshing the computational domain, while quadrilateral structural patches were used with the potential flow code for meshing the VLCC hull surface and the water surface around it. The results compare well with the available experimental data and they allow an understanding of the differences that can be expected from viscous and potential flow methods as a result of their different mathematical formulations, which make their complementary application useful for determining the total ship resistance.


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    Title :

    Simulation of free surface flow around a VLCC hull using viscous and potential flow methods


    Additional title:

    Simulation der freien Oberflächenströmung um den Schiffskörper eines Supertankers unter Verwendung von Methoden der viskosen und der Potentialströmung


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    Published in:

    Ocean Engineering ; 36 , 9-10 ; 691-696


    Publication date :

    2009


    Size :

    6 Seiten, 22 Quellen




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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