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in maneuvering condition
Hiromichi Akimoto
Young-Hun Kim
Dept. Naval Architecture, Ocean and IT Engineering
Kyungnam University
Changwon-si 631-701, Republic of Korea
AbstractManeuver of a sailing boat is an extreme condition of
ship hydrodynamics. The boat experiences rapid and large
amplitude change in roll and heading direction. For evaluation of
sailing boat performance, water flow around the sailing boat hull
is numerically investigated. It uses the finite volume method and
the equation of motion of the ship.
Keywords- sailing boat; CFD; 6DOF motion; maneuvering
simulation
I.
INTRODUCTION
NUMERICAL TREATMENT
(a)
h
h
h
= v3 = u3 (u1 v1 )
(u 2 v2 )
t
x
y
(1)
u
p
x
P = a 32 and
= 0 (on free surface) (2)
n
Fn
Here h is the local elevation of free surface, Fn the
Froude number, n the unit normal direction of the free surface.
Vectors u = (u1 , u2 , u3 ) , v = (v1, v2 , v3 ) and x = ( x1 , x2 , x3 ) are
flow velocity, moving grid speed and position of the free
surface grid point respectively. Akimoto [3] validated the
simulated hull surface pressure distribution and wave profile
along hull surface using experimental data. The tested
condition of the motion was only the course change by 4
degrees. For the simulation of realistic maneuvering condition,
stability and accuracy of the model are improved.
III.
CONCLUSION
A maneuvering simulation of sailing boat based on the
RaNS simulation of water flow around the hull was presented.
The method uses single structured mesh fitted to the
deformation of free surface and the hull in arbitrary motion. At
present, the system requires the improvement of maneuvering
algorithm to simulate realistic tacking procedure. The research
will provide a sailing simulator for R&D of boat design and
safety education of marine leisure.
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