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Exciting a cavitating tip vortex with synthetic inflow turbulence: A CFD analysis of vortex kinematics, dynamics and sound generation
Jun 15, 2022
Cavitating tip vortices are one of the main contributors to underwater radiated noise (URN). To predict URNand evaluate propeller designs, it is ...
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Scale-Resolving Simulations of a Circular Cylinder Subjected to Low Mach Number Turbulent Inflow
Nov 16, 2021
Inflow turbulence is relevant for many engineering applications relating to noise generation, including aircraft wings, landing gears, and ...
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On the use of synthetic inflow turbulence for scale-resolving simulations of wetted and cavitating flows
May 15, 2021
The Delft Twist 11 Hydrofoil is a common test case for investigating the interaction between turbulence and cavitation modelling in computational ...
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Transition and Turbulence Modeling for the Prediction of Cavitating Tip Vortices
Jan 1, 2021
This study evaluates the influence of transition and turbulence modeling on the prediction of wetted and cavitating tip vortices for an elliptical ...
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Progress in the prediction and mitigation of propeller cavitation noise and vibrations
Nov 16, 2020
Comfort on board passenger vessels and pleasure craft is a primary design consideration. Furthermore, underwater radiated noise from vessels is ...
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Noise measurements of a cavitating propeller in different facilities: Results of the round robin test programme
Oct 1, 2020
Mitigation of shipping noise is a topical issue in marine engineering because of the dramatic increase in the levels of anthropogenic underwater ...
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Evaluation of Scale-Resolving Simulations for a Turbulent Channel Flow
Jun 20, 2020
Different variable resolution turbulence modelling approaches (Hybrid, Bridging models and LES) are evaluated for turbulent channel flow at Reτ=395, ...
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On the accuracy of partially averaged Navier–Stokes resolution estimates
Dec 1, 2019
Partially Averaged Navier–Stokes computations can employ three different approaches for specifying the ratio ofmodelled-to-total turbulence kinetic ...
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Calibration of flush-mounted hydrophones using various signal types
Oct 9, 2019
Measurements of cavitation-induced underwater radiated noise (URN) are carried out on a regular basis in MARIN’s Depressurised Wave Basin ...
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Noise measurements of a cavitating propeller in different facilities: Results of the round-robin test programme
Oct 9, 2019
Mitigation of shipping noise is a topical issue in marine engineering because of the dramatic increase in the levels of anthropogenic underwater ...
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Acoustic modelling of a propeller subject to non-uniform inflow
May 26, 2019
Understanding radiated noise from marine propellers is of interest from the point of view of mitigating sound pollution and avoiding detection. At ...
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A sensitivity analysis of CFD transition modelling in the context of vortex roll-up prediction
May 13, 2019
A sensitivity analysis of the transitional flow over a NACA662 − 415 foil and the elliptical Arndt wing is carried out. The SST turbulence model is ...
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Pans simulations: low versus high Reynolds number approach
May 13, 2019
Different approaches for specifying the ratio of modelled-to-total dissipation (fε) in the PANS model, based on the k−ω SST ...
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Round Robin test on the underwater radiated noise of a cavitating ship propeller in open water
Oct 11, 2017
Due to concerns about its effect on marine life, shipping noise is receiving increasing attention within the maritime industry. The primary noise ...
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Validation of underwater radiated noise predictions for a merchant vessel using full-scale measurements
Aug 27, 2017
Underwater radiated noise (URN) was previously primarily of interest in connection with the signature of naval vessels. Recently it has become ...
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Supporting silent ships: measuring underwater radiated noise from cavitating ship propellers
Aug 17, 2017
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Have you ever had problems talking to someone in a noisy environment such as a busy restaurant? The same happens to marine animals, which use sound ...
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Computational fluid dynamics prediction of marine propeller cavitation including solution verification
Jun 12, 2017
This paper analyses the effect of grid refinement on computational fluid dynamics simulations of cavitating propeller flow. Refinement is made both ...
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Numerical Study Of Cavitation On A NACA0015 Hydrofoil: Solution Verification
May 15, 2017
The present paper analyses a series of Computational Fluid Dynamic simulationsof the cavitating flow around a two-dimensional NACA0015 foil.
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Improved Modelling Of Sheet Cavitation Dynamics On Delft Twist11 Hydrofoil
May 15, 2017
In this paper, unsteady viscous-flow cavitation predictions for a 3D hydrofoil are performed using three different approaches: 1) a pure RANS ...
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Towards cavitation modelling accounting for transition effects
Oct 3, 2016
Cavitation is an important phenomenon which should be taken into account when designing propellers in order to minimise noise radiation, vibration ...
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Comparison of uRANS and BEM-BEM for propeller pressure pulse prediction: E779A propeller in a cavitation tunnel
Oct 3, 2016
This work is a deeper investigation of the wetted and cavitating flow around the INSEAN E779A propeller in a cavitation tunnel as studied within the ...
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Influence of grid setup on the prediction of hydrofoil cavitation
Oct 3, 2016
The objective of this work is to evaluate the effect of two different grid types when they are used to simulate cavitating flow using an unsteady ...
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Using the FW-H equation for hydroacoustics of propellers
Sep 28, 2015
Marine propeller noise and vibration has been studied in order to reduce acoustic signature, improve fatigue life and comfort onboard, and, more ...
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The Potsdam propeller test case in oblique flow: prediction of cavitation patterns and pressure pulses
Jun 4, 2015
We report computations performed as part of the Second International Workshop on Cavitating Propeller Performance, using the Potsdam Propeller Test ...
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Marine propeller acoustic modelling: comparing CFD results with an acoustic analogy method
May 31, 2015
Propeller noise and vibration is important in the design of ships in order to improve comfort, reduce signature or mitigate environmental impact. ...
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Implementing The Ffowcs Williams-Hawkings Acoustic Analogy Into A Viscous CFD Solver
Sep 30, 2014
This paper details the verification of an FW-H equation implementation within the CFD code, ReFRESCO, as well as comparing results obtained with ...
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Christian VeldhuisTeam Leader Ships - Simulation & Development | Senior Project Manager | Research coordinator Zero Emission Shipping
Christian VeldhuisTeam Leader Ships - Simulation & Development | Senior Project Manager | Research coordinator Zero Emission Shipping
Christian VeldhuisTeam Leader Ships - Simulation & Development | Senior Project Manager | Research coordinator Zero Emission Shipping
Christian VeldhuisTeam Leader Ships - Simulation & Development | Senior Project Manager | Research coordinator Zero Emission Shipping