Computational Naval Ship Hydrodynamics
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Brucker, Kyle A.
O'Shea, Thomas T.
Weymouth, Gabriel
Dommermuth, Douglas G
Yue, Dick K. P.
Hendrickson, Kelli
Date Issued
September 2011
Journal
2010 DoD High Performance Computing Modernization Program Users Group Conference
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
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Brucker, Kyle A., Douglas G. Dommermuth, Thomas T. O’Shea, Dick K. P. Yue, Kelli Hendrickson, and Gabriel Weymouth. “Computational Naval Ship Hydrodynamics.” 2010 DoD High Performance Computing Modernization Program Users Group Conference, 14-17 June, 2010, Schaumburg, Illinois, USA, IEEE, 2011.
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Abstract
The primary purpose of our research efforts is to improve naval design and detection capabilities. Our current research efforts leverage high performance computing (HPC) resources to perform high-resolution numerical simulations with hundreds-of-millions to billions of unknowns to study wave breaking behind a transom stern, wave-impact loading, the generation of spray by high-speed planing craft, air entrainment by plunging breaking waves, forced-motion, and storm seas. This paper focuses on the air entrainment and free-surface turbulence in the flow behind a transom-stern and wave-impact loading on marine platforms. Two codes, Numerical Flow Analysis (NFA) and Boundary Data Immersion Method (BDIM), are used in this study. Both codes are Cartesian-based Large-Eddy Simulation (LES) formulations, and use either Volume-of-Fluid (VOF) (NFA) or conservative Volume-of-Fluid (cVOF) BDIM treatments to track the free-surface interface. The first project area discussed is the flow behind the transom stern. BDIM simulations are used to study the volume of entrained air behind the stern. The application of a Lagrangian bubble-extraction algorithm elucidates the location of air cavities in the wake and the bubble-size distribution for a flow that has over 10 percent void fraction. NFA simulations of the transom-stern flow are validated by comparing the numerical simulations to experiments performed at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division (NSWCCD), where good agreement between simulations and experiments is obtained for mean elevations and regions of white water in the wake. The second project area discussed is wave impact loading, a topic driven by recent structural failures of high-speed planing vessels and other advanced vehicles, as well as the devastation caused by Tsunamis impacting low-lying coastal areas. NFA simulations of wave breaking events are compared to the NSWCCD cube impact experiments and the Oregon State University, O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratories Tsunami experiments, and it is shown that NFA is able to accurately simulate the propagation of waves over long distances after which it also accurately predicts highly-energetic impact events. © 2011 IEEE.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
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https://doi.org/10.1109/HPCMP-UGC.2010.62
