CFD Simulations of Marine Hydrodynamics

• Other Authors: Demirel, Yigit Kemal (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Technology: general issues; CFD; shallow water; restricted water; KCS; spectral analysis of free surfaces; air resistance; container ship; superstructure; numerical simulation; trim; dispersion; pH; turbulent Schmidt number; scrubber; wash water; ship hydrodynamics; ship motions; green water on deck; slamming; cross wave; near free surface; unsteady cavitation dynamics; NACA66 hydrofoil; dynamic mode decomposition; wave energy; computational fluid dynamics; identification; viscous damping; URANS; computational fluid dynamic; experimental fluid dynamic; sailboat; hull; towing tank test; numerical ventilation; overset; volume of fluid (VOF), hydrodynamic; Polito Sailing Team (PST); offshore crane; OpenFOAM; wave-payload interaction; NWT; overset mesh; planing hull; seakeeping; vertical motions; mesh deformation; computational fluid dynamics (CFD); radial basis function (RBF) method; inverse distance weighted (IDW) method; hull form optimization; Computational Fluid Dynamics; Verification and Validation; nearfield wake pattern; longitudinal wake profile; distributed propulsion; draft; parallel-sided; NACA; CAD; systematic investigation; low Reynolds number; sailing; centerboard; Bézier curves; gamma transition criterion; restricted channel; resistance correction; biofouling; ship performance; oil tanker; bulk carrier; immersed boundary method; air-water two-phase flows; VoF method; finite volume method; interaction effect; wind drag; aerodynamic; Reynolds Average Navier-Stokes (RANS); rudder-propeller interactions; validations and verification; actuator disk theory; rudder sectional forces; marginal ice zone; sea ice; wave; six degree of freedom (6DoF) motion; planing craft; twin side-hulls; porpoising instability; model tests; inhibition mechanism; optimal location; ship resistance; form factor; best practice guidelines; numerical friction line; combined CFD/EFD methods; next generation subsea production system; Immersed Buoyant Platform; hydrodynamic characteristics; ultra-deep sea; swallowing capacity; duct flow; ducted turbine; roughness effect; Wigley hull; heterogeneous hull roughness
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