| Author | Starke, A.R., Windt J. and Raven, H.C. |
| Title | Validation of viscous flow and wake field predictions for ships at full scale |
| Conference/Journal | 26th ONR Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics, Rome, Italy |
| Month | September |
| Year | 2006 |
Abstract
In this paper full-scale wake field validations for a number of ships are presented and discussed. It will be shown that accurate viscous-flow computations are possible at full scale, which show good correlation with experimental data measured during sea trials with ship-mounted LDV systems. It will be shown that the effect of turbulence closures on the longitudinal vorticity, well-known at model scale, occurs at full scale as well. Of the turbulence closures tested, those that perform well at model scale are also found to perform well at full scale.
In this paper full-scale wake field validations for a number of ships are presented and discussed. It will be shown that accurate viscous-flow computations are possible at full scale, which show good correlation with experimental data measured during sea trials with ship-mounted LDV systems. It will be shown that the effect of turbulence closures on the longitudinal vorticity, well-known at model scale, occurs at full scale as well. Of the turbulence closures tested, those that perform well at model scale are also found to perform well at full scale.