Journal article
EFD and CFD for KCS heaving and pitching in regular head waves
Journal of marine science and technology, Vol.18(4), pp.435-459
04/30/2013
DOI: 10.1007/s00773-013-0219-0
Abstract
The KCS container ship was investigated in calm water and regular head seas by means of EFD and CFD. The experimental study was conducted in FORCE Technology’s towing tank in Denmark, and the CFD study was conducted using the URANS codes CFDSHIP-IOWA and Star-CCM+ plus the potential theory code AEGIR. Three speeds were covered and the wave conditions were chosen in order to study the ship’s response in waves under resonance and maximum exciting conditions. In the experiment, the heave and pitch motions and the resistance were measured together with wave elevation of the incoming wave. The model test was designed and conducted in order to enable UA assessment of the measured data. The results show that the ship responds strongly when the resonance and maximum exciting conditions are met. With respect to experimental uncertainty, the level for calm water is comparable to PMM uncertainties for maneuvering testing while the level is higher in waves. Concerning the CFD results, the computation shows a very complex and time-varying flow pattern. For the integral quantities, a comparison between EFD and CFD shows that the computed motions and resistance in calm water is in fair agreement with the measurement. In waves, the motions are still in fair agreement with measured data, but larger differences are observed for the resistance. The mean resistance is reasonable, but the first order amplitude of the resistance time history is underpredicted by CFD. Finally, it seems that the URANS codes are in closer agreement with the measurements compared to the potential theory.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- EFD and CFD for KCS heaving and pitching in regular head waves
- Creators
- Claus D Simonsen - FORCE Technology, Kongens Lyngby, DenmarkJanne F Otzen - FORCE Technology, Kongens Lyngby, DenmarkSoizic Joncquez - FORCE Technology, Kongens Lyngby, DenmarkFrederick Stern - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of marine science and technology, Vol.18(4), pp.435-459
- Publisher
- Springer Japan
- DOI
- 10.1007/s00773-013-0219-0
- ISSN
- 0948-4280
- eISSN
- 1437-8213
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/30/2013
- Academic Unit
- Mechanical Engineering
- Record Identifier
- 9984196633302771
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