Validation of a roll decay test of an offshore installation vessel using OpenFOAM
Devolder, B.; Stempinski, F.; Mol, A.; Rauwoens, P. (2019). Validation of a roll decay test of an offshore installation vessel using OpenFOAM, in: Bensow, R. et al. MARINE 2019 - Computational Methods in Marine Engineering VIII, 13-15 May, 2019, Gothenburg, Sweden. pp. 670-681 In: Bensow, R.; Ringsberg, J. (Ed.) (2019). MARINE 2019 - Computational Methods in Marine Engineering VIII, 13-15 May, 2019, Gothenburg, Sweden. CIMNE: Barcelona. ISBN 978-84-949194-3-5. 836 pp., more |  |
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| Keyword | | | Author keywords | Numerical modelling; CFD; OpenFOAM; Floating structures |
| Abstract | In this work, the offshore heavy lift DP2 jack-up vessel Innovation from the DEME group is studied using the Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) toolbox OpenFOAM. The two-phase Navier-Stokes fluid solver is coupled with a motion solver using a partitioned fluid structure interaction algorithm. Firstly, two dimensional numerical simulations of a cross-section of the hull are performed using two different mesh motion techniques: a mesh morphing method and an overset mesh method. Subsequently, the addition of a bilge keel pair on the hull is studied numerically by performing a two dimensional roll decay simulation. Finally, a three dimensional simulation is performed for a roll decay test and validated by using experimental data measured in the MARIN seakeeping and manoeuvring basin. As a first result, the coupled CFD motion solver proofs to be a promising toolbox for the study of fluid-structure interaction problems of realistic marine structures such as an offshore installation vessel. |
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