On the assessment of numerical wave makers in CFD simulations

C Windt, J Davidson, P Schmitt… - Journal of Marine Science …, 2019 - mdpi.com
A fully non-linear numerical wave tank (NWT), based on Computational Fluid Dynamics
(CFD), provides a useful tool for the analysis of coastal and offshore engineering problems …

Application progress of computational fluid dynamic techniques for complex viscous flows in ship and ocean engineering

J Wang, D Wan - Journal of Marine Science and Application, 2020 - Springer
Complex flow around floating structures is a highly nonlinear problem, and it is a typical
feature in ship and ocean engineering. Traditional experimental methods and potential flow …

Numerical simulations of zigzag maneuver of free running ship in waves by RANS-Overset grid method

J Wang, L Zou, D Wan - Ocean Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
The twin-screw fully appended ONR Tumblehome ship model is numerically studied for the
standard 10/10 zigzag maneuver. Simulations are carried out using naoe-FOAM-SJTU, a …

Development of naoe-FOAM-SJTU solver based on OpenFOAM for marine hydrodynamics

J Wang, W Zhao, D Wan - Journal of Hydrodynamics, 2019 - Springer
Abstract A CFD solver naoe-FOAM-SJTU (The abbreviation naoe stands for naval
architecture and ocean engineering) is developed based on the open source platform …

Ship maneuverability modeling and numerical prediction using CFD with body force propeller

S Li, C Liu, X Chu, M Zheng, Z Wang, J Kan - Ocean Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
To obtain an accurate ship maneuverability model for motion prediction and autonomous
navigation, a ship maneuverability modeling and numerical prediction method is proposed …

Free running CFD simulations to investigate ship manoeuvrability in waves

D Kim, S Song, T Tezdogan - Ocean Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Ship manoeuvrability is closely related to the safety of ship operation in a real seaway;
therefore predicting a ship's manoeuvring characteristics is of great importance. However …

Numerical techniques for coupling hydrodynamic problems in ship and ocean engineering

X Zhang, J Wang, D Wan - Journal of Hydrodynamics, 2020 - Springer
Most hydrodynamic problems in ship and ocean engineering are complex and highly
coupled. Under the trend of intelligent and digital design for ships and ocean engineering …

Tuning control parameters of underwater vehicle to minimize the influence of internal solitary waves

L Cheng, P Du, C Wang, Z Xie, H Hu, X Chen, Z Li… - Ocean …, 2024 - Elsevier
ISWs (Internal solitary waves) are waves that occur in stratified oceans, generating strong
shear near the pycnocline. Encountering ISWs can cause a vehicle to experience the …

CFD investigation into the effect of GM variations on ship manoeuvring characteristics

S Song, D Kim, S Dai - Ocean Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
The change in a ship's loading condition may induce a displacement of its vertical centre of
gravity, subsequently impacting the metacentric height (GM) of the vessel. Such alterations …

Numerical simulation of water entry of a symmetric/asymmetric wedge into waves using OpenFOAM

K Wang, X Ma, W Bai, Z Lin, Y Li - Ocean Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper presents a dynamic overset mesh based two-dimensional Numerical Wave Tank
(NWT) model to study the water entry of a wedge into water waves in the process of offshore …