简介:Smoothedparticlehydrodynamics(SPH)isaLagrangianmeshlessparticlemethod.Itisoneofthebestmethodforsimulatingviolentfreesurfaceflowsinfluidsandsolvinglargefluiddeformations.Dambreakingisatypicalexampleoftheseproblems.ThebasisofSPHwasreviewed,includingsometechniquesforgoverningequationresolution,suchasthesteppingmethodandtheboundaryhandlingmethod.Thennumericalresultsofadambreakingsimulationwerediscussed,andthebenefitsofconceptslikeartificialviscosityandpositioncorrectionwereanalyzedindetail.Whencomparedwithdambreakingsimulatedbythevolumeoffluid(VOF)method,thewaveprofilegeneratedbySPHhadgoodagreement,butthepressurehadonlyreasonableagreement.Improvingpressureresultsisclearlyanimportantnextstepforresearch.
简介:Thescatteringprobleminvolvingwaterwavesbysmallundulationontheporousocean-bedinatwo-layerfluid,isinvestigatedwithintheframeworkofthetwo-dimensionallinearwaterwavetheorywheretheupperlayeriscoveredbyathinuniformsheetoficemodeledasathinelasticplate.Insuchatwo-layerfluidthereexistwaveswithtwodifferentmodes,onewithalowerwavenumberpropagatealongtheice-coverwhilstthosewithahigherwavenumberpropagatealongtheinterface.Anincidentwaveofaparticularwavenumbergetsreflectedandtransmittedoverthebottomundulationintowavesofbothmodes.PerturbationanalysisinconjunctionwiththeFouriertransformtechniqueisusedtoderivethefirst-ordercorrectionsofreflectionandtransmissioncoefficientsforboththemodesduetoincidentwavesoftwodifferentmodes.Onespecialtypeofbottomtopographyisconsideredasanexampletoevaluatetherelatedcoefficientsindetail.Thesecoefficientsaredepictedingraphicalformstodemonstratethetransformationofwaveenergybetweenthetwomodesandalsotoillustratetheeffectsoftheicesheetandtheporosityoftheundulatingbed.
简介:Thispaperfocusesontheresearchofasemi-submersibleplatformequippedwithaDP-assistedmooringsystem.BasedontheworkingprinciplesoftheDP-assistedmooringsystemandthemodeloftheplatformmotion,atimedomainsimulationprogramisappliedtoanalyzetheimpact,inthecaseofonelinefailure,ontheplatformmotion,powerconsumptionofthethrustersandthetensionofthemooringlines.Theresultsshowthat,underthe10-yearwinddominant,aonelinefailurewillhavelittleimpactonthetensionofthemooringlines.Whenthefailurelineiswindward,thepowerconsumptionwillincreasegreatlywithaweakenedpositionofaccuracy.Howeverwhenthefailurelineisleeward,thepowerconsumptionwillbereducedwithapartlystrengthenedpositionofaccuracy.
简介:Fishareabletomakegooduseofvortices.Inacomplexflowfield,manyfishcontinuetomaintainbothefficientcruisingandmaneuverability.Traditionalman-madepropulsionsystemsperformpoorlyincomplexflowfields.Withfish-likepropulsionsystems,itisimportanttopaymoreattentiontocomplexflowfields.Inthispaper,theinfluenceofvorticesonthehydrodynamicperformanceof2-Dflapping-foilswasinvestigated.Theflapping-foilheavedandpitchedundertheinfluenceofinflowvorticesgeneratedbyanoscillatingD-sectioncylinder.Anumericalsimulationwasrunbasedthefinitevolumemethod,usingthecomputationalfluiddynamics(CFD)softwareFLUENTwithReynolds-averagedNavier-Stokes(RANS)equationsapplied.Inaddition,dynamicmeshtechnologyandpostprocessingsystemswerealsofullyused.Thecalculationsshowedfourmodesofinteraction.Thehydrodynamicperformanceofflapping-foilswasanalyzedandtheresultscomparedwithexperimentaldata.Thisvalidatedthenumericalsimulation,confirmingthatflapping-foilscanincreaseefficiencybyabsorbingenergyfrominflowvortices.
简介:Inordertostudytheeffectsofgeometricparametersoftherudderonthehydrodynamicperformanceofthepropeller-ruddersystem,thesurfacepanelmethodisusedtobuildthenumericalmodelofthesteadyinteractionbetweenthepropellerandruddertoanalyzetherelevantfactors.Theinteractionbetweenthepropellerandrudderisconsideredthroughtheinducedvelocities,whicharecircumferentiallyaveraged,sotheunsteadyproblemistranslatedtosteadystate.Aniterativecalculationmethodisuseduntilthehydrodynamicperformanceconverges.Firstly,thehydrodynamicperformanceofthechosenpropeller-ruddersystemiscalculated,andthecomparisonbetweenthecalculatedresultsandtheexperimentaldataindicatesthatthecalculationprogramisreliable.Then,thevariableparametersofrudderareinvestigated,andthecalculationresultsshowthatthepropeller-rudderspacinghasanegativerelationshipwiththeefficiencyofthepropeller-ruddersystem,andtherudderspanhasanoptimalmatchrangewiththepropellerdiameter.Futhermore,therudderchordandthicknessbothhaveapositivecorrelationwiththehydrodynamicperformanceofthepropeller-ruddersystem.