PaperTowing Analysis and Validation of a Fully Assembled Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Based on an Experimental Study
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
22 Apr 2024
The offshore wind sector is moving into deep waters and using floating platforms to harness the higher wind speeds in exposed locations. There are ...
offshore windfloating windfloating wind turbine
PaperQuantifying the Uncertainty of High-Fidelity Speed/Power Trials
8th Hull Performance & Insight Conference (HullPIC), Pontignano, Italy
18 Apr 2024
Within the JoRes Joint Research project, the uncertainty levels for a speed/power trial was investigated. The sea trials were performed as ...
resistance and propulsionmeasurements and controlpoweringmonitoring
PaperPropeller Load Variations for Maneuvering Ships in Waves
Eighth International Symposium on Marine Propulsors (smp’24), Berlin, Germany
20 Mar 2024
This paper presents a method that can predict the load variations on propellers of ships that are maneuvering in waves. A two time-scales approach ...
propeller designpropulsionpropeller and cavitation
PaperA Numerical Study on Model Propeller Performance Prediction Including Transitional and Passively Controlled Boundary Layer Considerations
Eighth International Symposium on Marine Propulsors (smp’24), Berlin, Germany
20 Mar 2024
Viscous flow simulations, utilising Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), have increasingly become the standard approach in the design and ...
cfdresistance and propulsionpoweringmodel testingearly innovations and solutions
PaperAn Experimental Study on Visualisation and Passive Control of Model Propeller Boundary Layers
Eighth International Symposium on Marine Propulsors (smp’24), Berlin, Germany
20 Mar 2024
This paper examines the complications of a laminar propeller boundary layer during towing tank model testing and proposes a solution in the form of ...
propeller and cavitationresistance and propulsionmeasurements and controlpowering
PaperCFD analysis of the full-scale resistance of an oil tanker in presence of a mud–water interface
Ocean Engineering
15 Feb 2024
The presence of mud layers on the bottom of ports and waterways can have negative effects on the hydrodynamic behaviour of marine vessels. This ...
cfd/simulation/desk studiescfdmanoeuvring and nautical studiesnautical operationsinfrastructurecfd development
PaperPractical ship afterbody optimisation by multifidelity techniques
Ship Technology Research
21 Nov 2023
This paper discusses recently developed techniques for ship hull form optimization based on CFD computations, as are now applied in practice at ...
cfdhull form optimisationresistance and propulsionhydrodynamics
PaperA method for early-stage design current loads determination on drill-ships
Ocean Engineering
1 Nov 2023
The increasing demand for offshore operations in deep water implies the necessity to predict station-keeping ability of offshore vessels since the ...
cfdstability, seakeeping and ocean engineeringdynamic positioningmanoeuvringnautical operationsocean energyoffshore operationsoffshore wind
PaperUsing validation metrics to assess RANS turbulence models performance at full scale Reynolds numbers
International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE 2023), New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
29 Oct 2023
One of the major advantages of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is the ability to simulate flows at full-scale Reynolds numbers, which for naval ...
verification and validationcfd developmentcfdcfd/simulation/desk studies
PaperModelling of Laminar-to-Turbulent Flow Transition on a Marine Propeller Using a RANS Solver
25th Numerical Towing Tank Symposium (NuTTS), Ericeira, Portugal
15 Oct 2023
Traditionally, predicting propeller performance is based on model-scale experiments carried out in towing tanks or cavitation tunnels. These ...
cfdresistance and propulsionpoweringpropeller and cavitationcfd/simulation/desk studies
PaperThe Resolved and Unresolved Issues and Phenomena in Numerical Modelling of Air Cavity Closure Using a Scale-Resolving Method
25th Numerical Towing Tank Symposium (NuTTS), Ericeira, Portugal
15 Oct 2023
The current International Maritime Organization (IMO) Greenhouse Gas (GHG) strategy for the shipping industry aims to reach net-zero GHG emissions ...
cfdresistance and propulsionpoweringcfd/simulation/desk studies
PaperOn the balance between robustness and accuracy in finite-volume codes
25th Numerical Towing Tank Symposium (NuTTS), Ericeira, Portugal
15 Oct 2023
Today, finite-volume codes used in the maritime industry can compute the flow around complicated geometries using unstructured, body-fitted ...
cfdcfd/simulation/desk studiescfd development
PaperSimulation of a wave impact using ReFRESCO pressure-based compressible-incompressible flow solver
25th Numerical Towing Tank Symposium (NuTTS), Ericeira, Portugal
15 Oct 2023
ReFRESCO is a flow solver (Klaij et al., 2018) developed with maritime applications in mind. Therefore, in its original formulation, single and ...
waves, impacts and hydrostructuralcfdcfd/simulation/desk studiescfd development
PaperSteering with wind propulsion
19th International Ship Stability Workshop, Istanbul, Turkey
11 Sep 2023
Although sizeable compared to other energy saving measures, the majority of present installations of wind propulsion now sailing are relatively ...
wind assisted ships waspwind propulsionmanoeuvringzero emissionoperationssafety
PaperCFD Simulations of Two Wind Turbines Operating in Line
International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering
1 Sep 2023
In this study, we perform CFD simulations for the NTNU Blind Test 2 experiment, in which two turbines were placed in a closed-loop wind tunnel and ...
cfd/simulation/desk studiescfdfloating windfloating wind turbineoffshore windoffshore