Tutorial Ship Resistance

Analysis

Hannes Kroger
hannes.kroeger@silentdynamics.de
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Overview
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At small Froude Numbers and low wave making resistance:

Simulation assuming a at water surface
I enable single phase simulation
I stationary solver
I faster than two-phase simulation
simpleFoam solver

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Approximate consideration of free surface in single phase

simulation possible:
potentialFreeSurfaceFoam
I through special boundary condition waveSurfacePressure

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If wave making resistance cannot be neglected:

Resolution of water surface
I two-phase simulation (water + air)
I only time resolved solvers in OpenFOAM
interFoam
I for steady problems: quasi-steady approach with local
timestepping
LTSInterFoam / localEuler

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If trim and sinkage is freely changing and needs to be determined:

Resolution of water surface + mesh deformation
I two-phase simulation (water + air)
I only time resolved solvers in OpenFOAM
interDyMFoam

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Case Setup for simpleFoam
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Domain for single-phase simulation

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Meshing
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1. create template mesh using blockMesh

2. setup snappyHexMesh
3. run snappyHexMesh
4. setup solver, BCs
5. run solver
6. postprocessing

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Extract Wake Field for Propeller
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Example post processing: extract wake eld for propeller design

I Method 1
1. using tool sample
2. star-shaped pattern of multiple line sampleSets
I Method 2
I using ParaView
I cutting plane

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Wake Field
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Propeller location: ~p = (0.17 0 0.21)T , R = 0.1

1. Slice Filter: Origin ~p, Normal ~ex
2. Calculator Filter: Result R, Expression
sqrt((coordsX-0.17)^2+coordsY^2+(coordsZ+0.21)^2)
3. Threshold Filter: R between 0 and 0.1
4. Calculator Filter: Mode Cell Data, Result wLocal, Expression
(2.196+U_X)/2.196
5. Integrate Variables Filter: Field Association Cell Data
6. Calculator Filter: Mode Cell Data, Result wMean, Expression
wLocal/Area

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Wake Field
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Two Phase Modelling
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Volume-of-Fluid method (VOF)

I volume fraction

= w + (1 )L

= w + (1 )L
I transport of volume fraction

+ (~u) = 0
t

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VOF
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I volume fraction is not continuous

I problem: numerical simulation, such that
I interface stays sharp and is not excessively smeared
I solution remains stable
I spurious velocities at boundary are avoided
I mass conservation is fullled

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VOF in OpenFOAM
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Solution of VOF equation in OpenFOAM

I sharpening of interface by additional compressive term

+ (~u) + (~uc ) = 0
t
I time integration my MULES

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VOF in OpenFOAM
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For steady state problems:

local time stepping approach
I spatially varying time step size
I as large as possible according to stability criterion
I unphysical, but convergent at innite time
I requires spatial smoothing of time step size

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Case Setup for interFoam
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Domain for two-phase simulation

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BCs for
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I walls:
type zeroGradient;
I inlet: specication if incoming water level necessary
type fixedValue;
I outlet: extrapolation from interior
type zeroGradient;

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BCs for Pressure
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interFoam calculates with modied pressure prgh = p gh

(with h = ~x ~g /|~g | href )
I walls:
type fixedFluxPressure;
I inlet with prescribed velocity
type fixedFluxPressure;
I outlet (water surface needs to be aligned with h=0)
type fixedValue;
value uniform 0;

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Two Phase: Initialisation
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I elds needs to be initialised

1 in water
0 in air
I tool setFields

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Steady-State Two-Phase Solver
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Current development: steady-state VOF solver

I considerable faster
convergence
I same accuracy

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Insight Automated Workows
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I different automated
workows available
I single-phase
I two-phase
I dynamic mesh

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Insight Automated Ship Resistance Analysis
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I most parameters
need not to be
touched
I only some required
(red)

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Insight Automated Ship Resistance Analysis
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I most parameters
need not to be
touched
I only some required
(red)

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Thank you for your attention!

Dr.-Ing. Hannes Kroger

Email: hannes.kroeger@silentdynamics.de
Tel.: +49 381 36 77 98 53

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