Wave Drift Forces' Calculation on Two Floating Bodies Based on the Boundary Element Method—Attempt for Improvement of the Constant Panel Method

2019 ◽  
Vol 141 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiao Li ◽  
Yasunori Nihei
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Element Method ◽  
Boundary Element ◽  
Evaluation Method ◽  
Panel Method ◽  
Floating Bodies ◽  
Wave Drift ◽  
Wave Drift Forces ◽  
Multiple Floating Bodies ◽  
Drift Forces ◽  
Element Method

An improved constant panel method for more accurate evaluation of wave drift forces and moment is proposed. The boundary element method (BEM) of solving boundary integral equations is used to calculate velocity potentials of floating bodies. The equations are discretized by either the higher-order boundary element method or the constant panel method. Though calculating the velocity potential via the constant panel method is simple, the results are unable to accurately evaluate wave drift forces and moment. An improved constant panel method is introduced to address these issues. The improved constant panel method can, without difficulty, employ the near-field method to evaluate wave drift forces and moment, especially for multiple floating bodies. Results of the new evaluation method will be compared with other evaluation method. Additionally, hydrodynamic interaction between multiple floating bodies will be assessed.

A Study on the Wave Drift Forces Calculation on Two Floating Bodies Based on the Boundary Element Method: Attempt for Improvement of the Constant Panel Method

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiao Li ◽  
Takashi Tsubogo ◽  
Yoshiho Ikeda ◽  
Yasunori Nihei
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Element Method ◽  
Boundary Element ◽  
Velocity Potential ◽  
Near Field ◽  
Field Method ◽  
Panel Method ◽  
Floating Bodies ◽  
Wave Drift ◽  
Wave Drift Forces ◽  
Drift Forces

The boundary element method (BEM) which can solve the boundary integral equations is used to calculate the velocity potential on the floating bodies. The equation is discretized by the higher order BEM or the constant panel method. The constant panel method is relatively easy to compute the velocity potential. However the near field method cannot evaluate the wave drift forces and moment accurately, when the velocity potential is computed by the constant panel method. In the article, a new numerical technic of the constant panel method is proposed. Then it is easy to take advantage of the near field method to calculate the wave drift forces and moment, especially considering two floating system. In addition, the results of the fluid forces calculated by new method are compared to the other methods results. At last the hydrodynamic interaction between two floating bodies is assessed in the calculation of the wave exciting forces and the wave drift forces.

A Hybrid Method for Predicting Ship Maneuverability in Regular Waves

2020 ◽  
Vol 143 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tianlong Mei ◽  
Yi Liu ◽  
Manasés Tello Ruiz ◽  
Evert Lataire ◽  
Marc Vantorre ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hybrid Method ◽  
Panel Method ◽  
Regular Waves ◽  
Ship Maneuvering ◽  
Wave Drift ◽  
Hydrodynamic Derivatives ◽  
Ship Maneuverability ◽  
Wave Drift Forces ◽  
Maneuvering Motion ◽  
Drift Forces

Abstract Traditionally, ship maneuvering is analyzed under calm water condition. In a more realistic scenario, such as a ship sailing in waves, the importance of taking the wave effects into account should be stressed. In this context, this paper proposes a hybrid method for predicting ship maneuverability in regular waves by combining a potential flow theory based panel method and a Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS)-based computational fluid dynamics method. The mean wave drift forces are evaluated by applying a three-dimensional time-domain higher-order Rankine panel method, which takes the effects of ship's forward speed and lateral speed into consideration. The hull-related hydrodynamic derivatives in the equations of ship maneuvering motion are determined by using a RANS solver based on the double-body model. Then, the two-time scale method is applied to predict ship maneuvering in regular waves by integrating the seakeeping model in a three degrees-of-freedom MMG model for ship maneuvering motion. The numerical results of a laterally drifting S175 container ship, including the wave-induced motions, wave drift forces, and turning trajectories in regular waves, are presented and compared with the available experimental data in literature. The results show that the proposed hybrid method can be used for qualitatively predicting ship maneuvering behavior in regular waves.

Propeller Sheet Cavitation Predictions Using a Panel Method

1999 ◽  
Vol 121 (2) ◽  
pp. 282-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. C. Mueller ◽  
S. A. Kinnas
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Element Method ◽  
Boundary Element ◽  
Panel Method ◽  
Time Dependent ◽  
Variable Pressure ◽  
Water Tunnel ◽  
Sheet Cavitation ◽  
Pressure Water ◽  
Element Method ◽  
Blade Geometry

A boundary element method is used to predict the time-dependent cavitation on a propeller subject to nonaxisymmetric inflow. The convergence of the method is studied. The predicted cavities agree well with those observed in CAPREX, an experiment performed at MIT’s variable pressure water tunnel. The method is modified so that prediction of cavities detaching at mid-chord regions is possible. An algorithm for predicting the cavity detachment location on the blade is described and applied on a blade geometry which exhibits mid-chord cavitation.

scholarly journals Near-Trapping on a Four-Column Structure and the Reduction of Wave Drift Forces Using Optimized Method

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guanghua He ◽  
Zhigang Zhang ◽  
Wei Wang ◽  
Zhengke Wang ◽  
Penglin Jing
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Model ◽  
Floating Bodies ◽  
Large Wave ◽  
Approach Angle ◽  
Wave Approach ◽  
Wave Drift ◽  
Column Structure ◽  
Wave Drift Forces ◽  
Drift Forces ◽  
Wave Elevations

The near-trapping phenomenon, which can lead to high wave elevations and large wave drift forces, is investigated by a floating four-column structure. To solve this wave-structure interaction problem, a numerical model is established by combining the wave interaction theory with a higher-order boundary element method. Based on this numerical model, behaviors of scattered waves at near-trapping conditions are studied; and the superposition principle of free-surface waves is introduced to understand this near-trapping phenomenon. To avoid the near-trapping phenomenon and protect the structure, a way for rotating the structure to change the wave-approach angle is adopted, and improvements of the wave elevations around the structure and the wave drift forces acting on each column are found. Moreover, a genetic-algorithm-based optimization method is adopted in order to minimize the total wave drift force acting on the whole structure at various wavenumbers by controlling the draft of floating bodies, the wave-approach angle and the separation distance between adjacent floating bodies. With the final optimized parameters, the wave drift forces both on each column and on the whole structure can be significantly reduced. The optimized arrangement obtained from a certain wavenumber can work not only at this target wavenumber but also at a range of wavenumbers.

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