Hydrodynamic Resistance analysis of New Hull Design for Multipurpose Amphibious Vehicle Applying with Finite Volume Method

2015 ◽  
Vol 74 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Nakisa ◽  
A. Maimun ◽  
Yasser M. Ahmed ◽  
F. Behrouzi ◽  
S. Steen ◽  
...  

This paper numerically investigated the hydrodynamic resistance of Multipurpose Amphibious Vehicles (MAV) in three bow shapes to approach the better hull bow shape design. This type of vehicle and other blunt-shaped floating vehicles encounter the problem of a large bow wave forming at high speeds. This wave formation is accompanied by higher resistance and at a critical speed results in bow submergence or swamping. Three new shapes of hull bow design for the multipurpose amphibious vehicle were conducted at several speeds to investigate the hydrodynamic phenomena using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD, RANS code) which is applied by Ansys-CFX14.0 and Maxsurf. The vehicle’s hydrodynamic bow shapes were able to break up induced waves and avoid swamping. Comparative results with the vehicle fitted with U-shape, V-shape and Flat-shape of hull bow, showed that the U-shape of the hull bow has reduced the total resistance to 20.3% and 13.6% compared with the V-shape and flat shape respectively. Though, the U-shape of hull bow is capable to increase the amphibious operating life and speed of vehicle in calm water. Also it has ability to reduce the vehicle’s required power, fossil fuel consumption and wetted hull surface.

2014 ◽  
Vol 663 ◽  
pp. 522-531 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adi Maimun ◽  
Mehdi Nakisa ◽  
Ahmad Tarmizi ◽  
Yasser M. Ahmed ◽  
Fatemeh Behrouzi

MultipurposeAmphibiousVehicles(MAV)and other blunt-shaped floating vehicles encounter the problem of a large bow wave forming at high speeds. This wave formation is accompanied by higher resistance and at a critical speed results in bow submergence or swamping. Three new shapes of hull bow design for the multipurpose amphibious vehicle were conducted at several speeds to investigate the hydrodynamic phenomena using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD, RANS code) which is applied by Ansys-CFX14.0 and Maxsurf. The vehicle’s hydrodynamic bow shapes were able to break up induced waves and avoid swamping. Comparative results with the vehicle fitted with U-shape, V-shape and Flat-shape of hull bow, showed that the U-shape of the hull bow has reduced the total resistance to 20.3% and 13.6% compared with the V-shape and flat shape respectively. Though, the U-shape of hull bow is capable to increase the amphibious operating life and speed of vehicle. Also it has ability to reduce the vehicle’s required power, fossil fuel consumption and wetted hull surface.


2016 ◽  
Vol 819 ◽  
pp. 335-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adi Maimun ◽  
Mehdi Nakisa ◽  
Yasser M. Ahmed ◽  
Fatemeh Behrouzi ◽  
Koh K. Koh ◽  
...  

Multipurpose Amphibious Vehicles (MAV) and other blunt shaped floating vehicles encounter the problem of a large bow wave forming and hydrodynamic resistance at high speeds. This wave formation is accompanied by higher resistance and at a critical speed results in bow submerging or swamping. Three new shapes of hull bow design for the multipurpose amphibious vehicle were conducted at several speeds to investigate the hydrodynamic phenomena using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD, RANS code), which is applied by Ansys-CFX14.0 and Maxsurf. The vehicle’s hydrodynamic bow shapes were able to break up induced waves and avoid swamping. Comparative results with the vehicle fitted with U-shape, V-shape and Flat-shape of hull bow, showed that the U-shape of the hull bow has reduced the total resistance to 20.3% and 13.6% compared with the V-shape and flat shape respectively. Though, the U-shape of hull bow is capable to increase the amphibious operating life and speed of vehicle. Also it has ability to reduce the vehicle’s required power, fossil fuel consumption and wetted hull surface. On the other hand, the use of air cushions to support marine vehicles, heavy floating structures and in other operation is well known. The main problem in Multi-purpose Amphibious Vehicles (MAV) is the amount of power needed in order to overcome the hydrodynamic resistance acting on the hull which is included the frictional and pressure resistances. Therefore, more power is needed to move the MAV forward. In this respect, more fuel will be required to operate the amphibious vehicles. This problem could be effectively reduced by the introduction of the air cushion concept. With the air being drawn from top of craft to the cavity below the hull will produce some cushioning effect and also help to reduce skin friction drag. In this paper, air cushion effect will be studied in rigid surface cavity instead of using flexible skirts. This would avoid the problem of high maintenance due to replacement of damaged skirts. Finally, the MAV will be supported using air cavity and bubbles generated by an air pump (compressor and air pressure vessel) to pushes the hull of multi-purpose amphibious vehicle up and reduce the frictional resistance due to draft and wetted surface reduction and layer of air between hull surface and water. This research would be done via CFD (ANSYS-CFX 14.0) and analyzed the hydrodynamic resistance


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Borah

Modification of hull design for improving performance and resistance in a ship has been of interest to ship building industries for decades. In the present study hydrodynamic analysis of morphological adaptations in sailfish having v-shaped protrusions on its skin has been done. The paper shall discuss a hull design integrated with v-shaped protrusions, inspired from sailfish. A quantitative analysis will be discussed with simulation proofs worked on Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software. CFD results for total hydrodynamic resistance with detailed pressure distribution, velocity distribution, boundary layer separation are presented. The final result is an optimized hull form which shows interesting characteristics, as its overall resistance has de-creased in respect to a conventional hull.


2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yue Weng ◽  
Xi Zhang ◽  
Xiaohu Guo ◽  
Xianwei Zhang ◽  
Yutong Lu ◽  
...  

AbstractIn unstructured finite volume method, loop on different mesh components such as cells, faces, nodes, etc is used widely for the traversal of data. Mesh loop results in direct or indirect data access that affects data locality significantly. By loop on mesh, many threads accessing the same data lead to data dependence. Both data locality and data dependence play an important part in the performance of GPU simulations. For optimizing a GPU-accelerated unstructured finite volume Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) program, the performance of hot spots under different loops on cells, faces, and nodes is evaluated on Nvidia Tesla V100 and K80. Numerical tests under different mesh scales show that the effects of mesh loop modes are different on data locality and data dependence. Specifically, face loop makes the best data locality, so long as access to face data exists in kernels. Cell loop brings the smallest overheads due to non-coalescing data access, when both cell and node data are used in computing without face data. Cell loop owns the best performance in the condition that only indirect access of cell data exists in kernels. Atomic operations reduced the performance of kernels largely in K80, which is not obvious on V100. With the suitable mesh loop mode in all kernels, the overall performance of GPU simulations can be increased by 15%-20%. Finally, the program on a single GPU V100 can achieve maximum 21.7 and average 14.1 speed up compared with 28 MPI tasks on two Intel CPUs Xeon Gold 6132.


Author(s):  
Xiaoxu Du ◽  
Huan Wang

The successful operation of an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) requires the capability to return to a dock. A number of underwater docking technologies have been proposed and tested in the past. The docking allows the AUV to recharge its batteries, download data and upload new instructions, which is helpful to improve the working time and efficiency. During the underwater docking process, unsteady hydrodynamic interference occurs between the docking device and an AUV. To ensure a successful docking, it is very important that the underwater docking hydrodynamics of AUV is understood. In this paper, numerical simulations based on the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) solutions were carried out for a 1.85m long AUV with maximum 0.2 m in diameter during the docking process. The two-dimensional AUV model without fin and rudder was used in the simulation. The mathematical model based on the Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equations was established. The finite volume method (FVM) and the dynamic structured mesh technique were used. SIMPLE algorithm and the k-ε turbulence model in the Descartes coordinates were also adopted. The hydrodynamics characteristics of different docking states were analyzed, such as the different docking velocity, the docking device including baffle or not. The drag coefficients of AUV in the process of docking were computed for various docking conditions, i.e., the AUV moving into the docking in the speed of 1m/s, 2m/s, 5m/s. The results indicate that the drag coefficient increases slowly in the process of AUV getting close to the docking device. When the AUV moves into the docking device, the drag coefficient increases rapidly. Then the drag coefficient decreases rapidly. The drag coefficient decreases with the increase of velocity when AUV enters the docking device. It was also found that the drag coefficient can be effectively reduced by dislodging the baffle of docking device.


Author(s):  
Obai Younis ◽  
Reem Ahmed ◽  
Ali Mohammed Hamdan ◽  
Dania Ahmed

This study aims to optimize the velocity of ring shape parameter for designing the nozzles using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and investigated the flow in nozzles using ANSYS, Inc. simulation software. The model geometries were defined using ANSYS FLUENT-Design Modeler platform. All nozzles were designed on unstructured triangular elements comprising of 1200000 mesh nodes. The differential governing equations were applied in ANSYS FLUENT based on a finite volume method. The distance and dimensions of ring location significantly influence the velocity of water during flow where the maximum velocity at double rings reduces the surface area at distance of 7mm and 15mm and 2x2 mm dimensions. Considering 8, 10, and 12 bar liner proportions, there was an increase in the velocity at maximum points in ring shapes.


2006 ◽  
Vol 43 (02) ◽  
pp. 100-113
Author(s):  
Fahri Celik ◽  
Mesut Guner

This paper describes a procedure for the design of marine propellers where more realistic representation of the slipstream shape by the trailing vortex system is taken into account. The slipstream shape behind the propeller is allowed to deform and to align with the direction of local velocity, which is obtained by the sum of the inflow velocity and induced velocities due to the trailing vortices. In classical lifting line approaches, that deformation is neglected. Applications for an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) and a fishing vessel are carried out to demonstrate propeller design and the effect of the slipstream contraction. Furthermore, a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis based on the finite volume method and experimental validation of the method are carried out for the propellers. CFD analysis and experimental results are compared with the results obtained from present method.


Author(s):  
F Cakici ◽  
E Kahramanoglu ◽  
A D Alkan

Along with the development of computer technology, the capability of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) to conduct ‘virtual computer experiments’ has increased. CFD tools have become the most important tools for researchers to deal with several complex problems. In this study, the viscous approach called URANS (Unsteady Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes) which has a fully non-linear base has been used to solve the vertical ship motions and added resistance problems in head waves. In the solution strategy, the FVM (Finite Volume Method) is used that enables numerical discretization. The ship model DTMB 5512 has been chosen for a series of computational studies at Fn=0.41 representing a high speed case. Firstly, by using CFD tools the TF (Transfer Function) graphs for the coupled heave- pitch motions in deep water have been generated and then comparisons have been made with IIHR (Iowa Institute of Hydraulic Research) experimental results and ordinary strip theory outputs. In the latter step, TF graphs of added resistance for deep water have been generated by using CFD and comparisons have been made only with strip theory.


2011 ◽  
Vol 55 (01) ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Francis Noblesse ◽  
Gérard Delhommeau ◽  
Patrick Queutey ◽  
Chi Yang ◽  
Hyun Yul Kim

The bow wave generated by a steadily advancing ship is considered for a family of fine ruled ship bows with rake and flare. This family of ship bows is defined in terms of four parameters: the ship draft D, the entrance angles a and a' at the top and bottom waterlines, and the rake angle 8. The corresponding bow wave similarly depends on four parameters: the draft-based Froude number F and the three angles a, a', and 8. An extensive parametric study, based on thin-ship theory, is performed to explore the variations of the water height Z0 at the ship stem X = 0, the location X0 (measured from the ship stem) of the intersection of the bow-wave profile with the mean free-surface plane Z = 0, and the bow-wave profile, with respect to the four parameters F, a, a', and 8. This parametric study extends the previously reported similar study of the height Zb of the bow wave and the location Xb of the bow-wave crest. These two complementary parametric studies yield simple analytical relations, which extend relations given previously for wedge-shaped ship bows without rake or flare. In spite of their remarkable simplicity, the analytical relations given here yield bow waves that are comparable to computational fluid dynamics (CFD) waves given by Euler-flow calculations. The analytical relations, which explicitly account for the influence of the four primary parameters F, a, a', and 8, can be used immediately—without hydrodynamic calculations—for ship design, notably at early design stages when the precise hull geometry is not yet known. The study also provides insight for ship bow design. Specifically, it suggests that a bow with positive rake and negative flare may be beneficial, and that a bulb located aft of the stem and integrated with the hull may be an advantageous alternative to a traditional bulb protruding ahead of the bow, in agreement with the results of a hull-form optimization analysis.


Author(s):  
Merouane Habib ◽  
Senouci Mohammed

In this paper, we investigate the no-reacting swirling flow by using the numerical simulation based to the unsteady Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes approach. The numerical simulation was realized by using a computational fluid dynamics CFD code. The governing equations are solved by using the finite volume method with two classical models of turbulence K-epsilon and Shear Stress K-ω. The objective of this paper is therefore to evaluate the performance of the two models in predicting the recirculation zones in a swirled turbulent flow. The current models are validated by comparing the numerical results of the axial, radial and tangential velocities to the experimental data from literature.


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