Open AccessThe effect of appendages on ship resistance
Author(s) -
Andreea Mandru,
Florin Pacuraru
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/1182/1/012041
Subject(s) - hull , marine engineering , towing , computational fluid dynamics , propeller , rudder , turbulence , appendage , flow (mathematics) , engineering , mechanical engineering , computer science , aerospace engineering , mechanics , geology , physics , paleontology
The availability of the robust commercial computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software and the increasing power of high-performance computers (HPC) boosts the use of CFD techniques for numerical investigations of ship hydrodynamimcs performaces. Nowadays, CFD tools provide a rather accurate solution for complex physical phenomena, such as wave braking, turbulence, flow detachment and overturning. Consequently, the ability to capture this fenomena allows a detailed insight into the flow mechanism that trigger and sustain them. The paper focuses on a numerical investigation of flow around hull a fully appended ONR Tumblehome model 5613. Due to special operation conditions, naval ships are equipted with a large number of appendages such as sonar domes, brackets, twin propeller shafts and twin rudders. Position and alignment of these appendages are essential in order to avoid the increased resistance, decreased propulsive efficiency and cavitation. NUMECA/FineMarine commercial code has been used to evaluate the flow field around ONRT (Office of Naval Research Tumblehome) hull and to estimate the effect of the appendages on ship hydrodynamics performances. Comparison with experimental towing tank results showed good agreement with a difference of up to 2%.