A Zonal CFD Approach for Fully Nonlinear Simulations of Two Vessels in Launch and Recovery Operations
Lead Research Organisation:
Manchester Metropolitan University
Department Name: Sch of Computing, Maths and Digital Tech
Abstract
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Publications
Ma Z
(2016)
Numerical investigation of air enclosed wave impacts in a depressurised tank
in Ocean Engineering
Ma ZH
(2016)
Numerical simulation of water entry of 2D wedges
Martínez Ferrer P.J.
(2017)
Modelling wave interaction with deformable structures based on a multi-region approach within OpenFOAM
in Proceedings of the International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference
Ma Z
(2018)
An overset mesh based multiphase flow solver for water entry problems
in Computers & Fluids
Chen H.
(2018)
Numerical simulation of phase-focused wave group interaction with an FPSO-shaped body
in Proceedings of the International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference
Ma, Z.
(2018)
Numerical simulation of wave slamming on wedges and ship sections during water entry
in Ocean Systems Engineering
Martínez-Ferrer P
(2018)
Numerical Simulation of Wave Slamming on a Flap-Type Oscillating Wave Energy Device
in International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering
Martínez-Ferrer P
(2018)
Improved numerical wave generation for modelling ocean and coastal engineering problems
in Ocean Engineering
Martínez-Ferrer P
(2018)
An efficient finite-volume method to study the interaction of two-phase fluid flows with elastic structures
in Journal of Fluids and Structures
Chen H
(2019)
Application of an overset mesh based numerical wave tank for modelling realistic free-surface hydrodynamic problems
in Ocean Engineering
Ransley E
(2019)
A Blind Comparative Study of Focused Wave Interactions with a Fixed FPSO-like Structure (CCP-WSI Blind Test Series 1)
in International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering
Chen H
(2019)
Oblique focused wave group generation and interaction with a fixed FPSO-shaped body: 3D CFD simulations and comparison with experiments
in Ocean Engineering
Chen H.
(2019)
Ccp-wsi blind test series 3: Openfoam simulation of focused wave interaction with a simplified wave energy converter
in Proceedings of the International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference
Chen H
(2020)
CFD Simulation of Wave Energy Converters in Focused Wave Groups Using Overset Mesh
in International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering
Lin Z.
(2020)
Simulation of steep focused wave interaction with a fixed cylinder using fully nonlinear potential flow and navier-stokes solvers
in Proceedings of the International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference
Lin Z
(2021)
Simulating focused wave impacts on point absorber wave energy converters
in Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Engineering and Computational Mechanics
Lin Z
(2021)
Simulation of Steep Focused Wave Impact on a Fixed Cylinder Using Fully Nonlinear Potential Flow and Navier-Stokes Solvers
in International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering
Lin Z
(2021)
A Finite Volume Based Fully Nonlinear Potential Flow Model for Water Wave Problems
in Applied Ocean Research
Chen H
(2024)
Analysis of Convergence Behavior for the Overset Mesh Based Numerical Wave Tank in openfoam
in Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering
Description | A new CFD code based on the overset meshing technique has been developed and applied to study the interaction between two boat of different sizes under high sea states. |
Exploitation Route | The findings from the study could be used by the relevant industry for an improved design of products and safer operations. |
Sectors | Aerospace Defence and Marine Energy |
Description | The impact of this work is recorded against grant ref EP/N008847/1. |
Sector | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Energy |
Description | BAE Systems |
Organisation | BAE Systems |
Department | BAE Systems Maritime – Naval Ships |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Developing CFD codes for modeling hydrodynamics during marine launch and recovery operations. |
Collaborator Contribution | Providing data for the geometry and dimensions of the vessels to be used in the modeling work. |
Impact | None at the moment. |
Start Year | 2015 |
Title | OpenFOAM based CFD model for wave structure interaction simulations |
Description | The overset mesh solver in OpenFOAM has been further developed for modelling wave interaction with floating offshore structures. |
Type Of Technology | Software |
Year Produced | 2020 |
Impact | The code has been adopted and further developed for other EPSRC funded projects. |