Title: Numerical investigation of added resistance and wave pattern on a planing vessel in regular head waves

Authors: Ali Safari; Amir H. Nikseresht

Addresses: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Shiraz University of Technology, Shiraz, 71557-13876, Iran ' Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Shiraz University of Technology, Shiraz, 71557-13876, Iran

Abstract: In recent years, a great deal of research effort on ship hydrodynamics is devoted to practical navigation problems in moving planing vessels safety. The purpose of this study is to investigate the added resistance of DTMB 62 model 4667-1 planing hull using a CFD software based on the finite volume method to solve the RANS equations in different Fr numbers in head waves. In addition, the wave profile and wave pattern on the hull of the vessel is investigated. For this purpose, a finite volume ANSYS-FLUENT code is used to solve the Navier-Stokes equations for simulating the flow field around the vessel. In addition, an explicit VOF scheme and k-ε model is used to capture the interface and to model the turbulence respectively. The results show that increasing the Froude number, increases the added resistance of a planing vessel in regular waves.

Keywords: regular head waves; added resistance; planing vessels; volume of fluid.

DOI: 10.1504/IJESMS.2018.094085

International Journal of Engineering Systems Modelling and Simulation, 2018 Vol.10 No.3, pp.169 - 178

Received: 08 Jul 2017
Accepted: 16 May 2018
Published online: 14 Aug 2018 *

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