Author : Maxime Gabriel Lucas Goutard
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 171 pages
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Book Synopsis Development of a Numerical Model of Slamming Using Finite Element - Finite Volume Methods Coupling by : Maxime Gabriel Lucas Goutard
Download or read book Development of a Numerical Model of Slamming Using Finite Element - Finite Volume Methods Coupling written by Maxime Gabriel Lucas Goutard and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the advent of new high-speed marine vessels, engineers face the challenge of designing them under complex loading conditions. A load case of particular interest is the slamming load. Slamming is characterised by highly dynamic nonlinear loading that may drastically affect the structural integrity of vessel's structures. To evaluate the effect of slamming on marine vessel's structures, the hydraulic pressure exerted and the structural response have to be accurately estimated. A phenomenon of major interest in slamming is hydro-elasticity, which is the interaction between the slamming induced pressure field and the structural deformation. The aim of this work is to develop a two-dimensional numerical model of slamming to understand the fundamental physics of fluid-structure interaction, and, in particular, to capture the hydro-elastic phenomenon using numerical modelling. In this work, a numerical model of slamming for flat rigid and elastic panels is presented. A two-way fluid-structure coupling is used to evaluate the fluid flow behaviour and the slamming induced structural response. The Finite Volume (FV) Method is used for the fluid flow analysis and the Finite Element (FE) Method is used for the structural analysis. An Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian (ALE) formulation is used to accurately track the panel motion, and the Volume of Fluid (VOF) method is used for tracking the water free-surface motion. The model is validated using various parameters against experimental results. The analysis of the rigid specimen showed the capabilities of the coupled FV-FE method to predict slamming induced pressure fields and structural deformation. It is found that slamming induces a major peak pressure that travels along the panel until it reaches the chine. The value of this pressure peak is closely related to the dead-rise angle and impact velocity of the slamming event, and cannot be neglected when designing marine structures subject to slamming. However, slamming induced pressures associated with elastic panels reaches smaller peak values compared to those of the rigid panels due to the effect of hydro-elasticity. Furthermore, it is noticed that although it reduces slamming induced pressures, the structural deformation leads to a major peak pressure after the slamming event. It is also observed that hydro-elasticity has a major impact for slamming at low dead-rise angles. The numerical model developed will contribute to the design and optimisation of high performance marine vessels.