Finite-volume simulation method to predict the performance of a sailing boat

 A flow-simulation method was developed to predict the performance of a sailing boat in unsteady motion on a free surface. The method is based on the time-marching, finite-volume method and the moving grid technique, including consideration of the free surface and the deformation of the under-water shape of the boat due to its arbitrary motion. The equation of motion with six degrees of freedom is solved by the use of the fluid-dynamic forces and moments obtained from the flow simulation. The sailing conditions of the boat are virtually realized by combining the simulations of water-flow and the motion of the boat. The availability is demonstrated by calculations of the steady advancing, rolling, and maneuvering motions of International America's Cup Class (IACC) sailing boats. Received: December 25, 2001 / Accepted: March 26, 2002     

Application of CFD simulation to the design of sails

A finite-volume method was applied to a simulation of the flow about the sail system of IACC sailing boats. The interface boundary technique was employed to generate a proper grid system for the two-sails system, which is composed of head and main sails. The turbulence model was carefully chosen by numerical test, and the most reliable simulation method was completed and used to design the sails. The suitability of the method is demonstrated by some examples of design applications. Received for publication on March 14, 2000; accepted on March 16, 2000     

滑行艇纵向运动响应与静水航行数值模拟分析

运用CFD软件FLUENT,采用动网格技术,通过编制的运动预报程序求解耦合运动方程,比较滑行艇排水航行、过渡航行、滑行三种不同状态下航行姿态及周围流场情况,分析了滑行艇响应运动过程中重心位置及纵摇角度的变化,并展开对应工况下滑行艇以固定姿态不涉及动网格技术的静水直航数值模拟,将计算结果与运动响应结果比较分析.得出了滑行艇由排水航行状态过渡到滑行状态底部动压力变化.为关于滑行艇水动力性能的研究提供了可靠的计算研究模型.     

Finite-volume simulation of flows about a ship in maneuvering motion

A finite-volume method of computing the viscous flow field about a ship in maneuvering motion was developed. The time-dependent Navier-Stokes equation discretized in the generalized boundary-fitted curvilinear coordinate system is solved numerically. A third-order upwind differencing scheme, a marker and cell (MAC)-type explicit time marching solution algorithm and a simplified subgrid scale (SGS) turbulence model are adopted. The simulation method is formulated, including the movement of a computational grid fitted to the body boundary that allows computation of the flow field around a body under unsteady motion. To estimate the maneuvering ability of a ship, the accurate prediction of the hydrodynamic forces and moments of the hull is important. Therefore, experimental methods of finding the hydrodynamic forces of a ship in maneuvering motion, such as the oblique towing test, the circular motion test (CMT) and planar motion mechanism (PMM) test, were established. Numerical simulation methods for those captive model experiments were developed introducing computational fluid dynamics (CFD). First, numerical methods for steady oblique tow and steady turn simulation were developed and then extended to unsteady forced motion. Simulations were conducted about several realistic hulls, and the results were verified by comparisons with measured results obtained in model experiments. Hydrodynamic forces and the moment, the longitudinal distribution of the hydrodynamic lateral force, and the pressure distribution on the hull surface showed good agreement.     

Evaluation of added resistance in regular incident waves by computational fluid dynamics motion simulation using an overlapping grid system

A computational fluid dynamics simulation method called WISDAM-X was developed to evaluate the added resistance of ships in waves. The Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS) equation was solved by the finite-volume method and a MAC-type solution algorithm. An overlapping grid system was employed to implement rigorous wave generation, the interactions of ships with incident waves, and the resultant ship motions. The motion of the ship is simultaneously solved by combining the solution of the motion of the ship with the solution of the flow about the ship. The free surface is captured by treatment by the density-function method. The accuracy of WISDAM-X is examined by a comparison with experimental data from a container carrier hull form, and shows a fairly good agreement with respect to ship motion and added resistance. Simulations were also conducted for a bow-form series of a medium-speed tanker to examine the effectiveness of the WISDAM-X method as a design tool for a hull form with a smaller resistance in waves. It was confirmed that the WISDAM-X method can evaluate the added resistance with sufficient relative accuracy and can be used as a design tool for ships.     

CFD simulation of 3-dimensional motion of a ship in waves: application to an advancing ship in regular heading waves

A new computational fluid dynamics simulation method has been developed for the unsteady motion of a ship advancing in waves. The objective is to evaluate the added resistance and predict the performance of a ship in waves. In this study, a finite volume method, in the framework of a boundary-fitted grid system, is employed. The motion of the ship is solved with six degrees of freedom by using the hydrodynamic forces and moments obtained from the solution of the simulation method. The marker–density–function method is employed to calculate the nonlinear free surface. This method is applied to the coupled motion problem of heaving and pitching. Received for publication on Nov. 15, 1999; accepted on Nov. 18, 1999     

高速滑行艇在规则波中运动的RANSE数值模拟(英文)

This paper presents a study on the numerical simulation of planing crafts sailing in regular waves. This allows an accurate estimate of the seas keeping performance of the high speed craft. The simulation set in six-degree of freedom motions is based on the Reynolds averaged Navier Stokes equations volume of fluid (RANSE VOF) solver. The trimming mesh technique and integral dynamic mesh method are used to guarantee the good accuracy of the hydrodynamic force and high efficiency of the numerical simulation. Incident head waves, oblique waves and beam waves are generated in the simulation with three different velocities (Fn =1.0, 1.5, 2.0). The motions and sea keeping performance of the planing craft with waves coming from different directions are indicated in the flow solver. The ship designer placed an emphasis on the effects of waves on sailing amplitude and pressure distribution of planing craft in the configuration of building high speed crafts.     

基于模糊综合评价的帆船行驶最优路径规划方法

路径规划是帆船比赛取胜的重要环节。综合栅格法和模糊概念,提出了基于模糊综合评价的帆船行驶最优路径规划方法。该方法采用栅格法建立帆船航行的二维平面信息,以模糊逻辑为基础,结合帆船的运动信息建立帆船在运动平面上的二维隶属函数模型,并采用模糊综合评价思想,综合考虑行驶速度和接近目标2个因素建立综合评价函数,进行行驶方向决策。利用宽度优先搜索算法实现全局最优路径搜索。仿真结果证明,该路径规划方法能够取得较好的规划结果,对指导帆船运动员进行科学训练有很好的应用价值。     

超宽“海上渔场”海运砰击数值模拟与分析

考虑到半潜船海上运输超宽悬垂货物过程中可能发生波浪砰击,提出利用波浪势流理论及超宽悬垂货物海运过程中砰击控制条件的数值模拟方法,以半潜式“海上渔场”载运为例,利用OCTOPUS软件建立计算模型,模拟海运过程中不同海况、航行吃水及航速情况下,船舶横摇、纵摇、垂荡、“海上渔场”砰击发生概率及砰击载荷的变化情况,“海上渔场”海运过程砰击数值模拟结果与工程实际数据十分吻合,验证了数值模拟方法的合理、可行。     

基于重叠网格的船舶运动计算方法研究

文章应用重叠网格技术和单相Level-set捕捉自由面方法,结合数值造波技术和六自由度运动方程,形成了基于RANS方程的船舶运动响应数值计算方法,并在中国船舶科学研究中心自主研发的船舶专用粘流计算软件OShip上实现。应用该方法计算了DTMB5512船模在迎浪规则波中的运动响应,并通过对计算得到的船模运动时历曲线进行傅里叶变换,提取其运动的幅值和相位,得到了不同航速下船模垂荡和纵摇运动的频响曲线,所得结果与试验结果吻合较好。     

操纵运动船艇水动力计算方法研究

船艇水动力的计算方法目前主要有模型实验法、理论经验估算法和计算机模拟法.为了更好地预报船艇水动力性能,运用不同方法对2种典型船艇在不同漂角下运动时横向力进行计算,并对各自结果进行了对比分析,得出各种计算方法的优缺点.研究表明,流体计算软件(Fluent)精度较高,计算速度快,能解决人脑有时不能解决的问题.同时,Fluent计算软件为船艇水动力性能的预报等研究提供良好的方法和有益的探讨.     

基于不同航行状态无人艇的水动力模型研究

无人艇操纵灵活,机动性强,在很多方面都有着广泛的应用。但相关研究还比较少。以往的单一水动力模型只是针对特定航行状态进行研究,对于不同的航速,单一的水动力模型已不再适用。因此随着航速不同,建立同一艘无人艇在不同航行状态下的水动力模型,并研究在此模型下无人艇的运动特性成为一个难点,也是研究真实无人艇的一个关键环节。论文在以往学者的研究成果基础上,给出了一种全新的水动力模型,并就某一真实无人艇,研究从静止到高速起滑整个过程的水动力与航速之间的开环变化关系。仿真结果表明了所给模型的有效性。     

基于遗传算法的带有调纵倾尾板及拦截器的滑行艇水动力性能评估及优化（英文）

Nowadays, several stern devices are attracting a great deal of attention. The control surface is an effective apparatus for improving the hydrodynamic performance of planing hulls and is considered an important element in the design of planing hulls. Control surfaces produce forces and a pitching moment due to the pressure distribution that they cause, which can be used to change the running state of high-speed marine boats. This work elaborates a new study to evaluate the hydrodynamic performance of a planing boat with a trim tab and an interceptor, and optimizes them by using an optimization algorithm. The trim tab and the interceptor have been used to optimize the running trim and motion control of semi-planing and planing boats at various speeds and sea conditions for many years. In this paper, the usage of trim tab is mathematically verified and experimental equations are utilized to optimize the performance of a planing boat at a specificd trim angle by using an optimization algorithm. The genetic algorithm(GA) is one of the most useful optimizing methods and is used in this study. The planing boat equations were programmed according to Savitsky's equations and then analyzed in the framework of the GA-based optimization for performance improvement of theplaning hull. The optimal design of trim tab and interceptor for planing boat can be considered a multiobjective problem. The input data of GA include different parameters, such as speed, longitudinal center of gravity, and deadrise angle. We can extract the best range of forecasting the planing boat longitudinal center of gravity, the angle of the trim, and the least drag force at the best trim angle of the boat.     

电网畸变条件下的功率变换器并网同步法

本文研究一种在电网畸变条件下的功率变换器并网同步法,该方法为MSOGI-FLL,MSOGI构成的谐波解耦网络可以滤除谐波并检测出基波正负序分量,FLL可以动态跟踪电网频率。本文分析MSOGI-FLL的性能,并与DSOGI-FLL进行对比。最后,利用MATLAB仿真软件对这两种算法进行仿真验证,仿真结果验证MSOGI-FLL的性能。     

水下拖曳系统水动力特性的计算流体力学分析

提出了一种新型的水下拖曳系统三维水动力数学模型。在该模型中拖曳缆绳的控制方程由Ablow andSchechter模型给出,Gertler and Hargen的水下运载体六自由度运动方程被用来描述拖曳体的水动力状态。通过对拖曳缆绳和拖曳体的控制方程在连接点处进行边界条件耦合,从而构成整个拖曳系统的水动力数学模型。在研究中,拖曳系统的水动力数学模型通过时间与空间的中心差分方程来逼近,每一时刻拖曳体所受的水动力通过求解Navier-Stokes方程得到。所提出的模型特别适用于拖曳体为非回转体、非流线型的主体,或必须考虑拖曳体各组成部分的水动力相互影响的情况。计算结果与相应的实验室样机试验结果的比较表明,所提出的模型可以有效地预报拖曳系统的水动力特性。利用所提出的水动力模型,对华南理工大学提出的自主稳定可控制水下拖曳体在实际海况下的数值模拟结果显示,所分析的拖曳体具有良好的运动与姿态稳定性,是一种值得开发研究的新型水下拖曳体。     

单体复合船型纵向运动幅频响应函数计算的两种粘性修正方法

对单体复合船型纵向运动幅频响应函数计算的两种修正方法进行了比较。分别采用横向流理论方法和RANS方程数值计算方法,计算了单体复合船型的水动力修正系数,应用STF法对舰船的纵向运动进行了预报,并将预报结果和模型试验值进行了比较分析。结果表明,两种方法都能在一定程度上反映组合附体的减摇效果,可用于单体复合船型的运动预报。其中,基于RANS方程数值计算方法预报精度较高,具有良好的工程应用价值。     

近冰面航行潜艇阻力及绕流场分析

[目的]采用数值模拟方法探究潜艇近冰面航行时的水动力性能。[方法]选取Suboff全附体潜艇模型为研究对象,在STAR-CCM+软件中采用RANS方法,再结合SST k-ω湍流模型和体积分数法计算艇体的水动力性能。然后进行网格无关性验证以及近冰面水动力特性分析的方法验证,以确定计算方法的有效性。[结果]结果表明,潜艇近冰面航行时,潜艇的总阻力系数CT在同一弗劳德数下随潜深的增加而减小,在同一潜深下随弗劳德数的增加而减小;在同一弗劳德数下,当无量纲深度大于1.63时,潜深几乎不影响艇体的阻力系数。[结论]研究表明,潜艇的总阻力系数受弗劳德数以及潜深的影响较大,随着潜深的增大,潜深对阻力系数的影响将逐渐减小。     

拖航系统操纵运动仿真

采用MMG分离式船舶运动数学模型以及拖缆的悬链线模型,构建了由拖船——拖缆——被拖船组成的拖航系统操纵运动模型。通过数值计算,对该系统进行了操纵运动模拟仿真。主要的仿真项目包括拖航系统改变航向和受到小扰动时的运动。在此基础上研究了影响拖航系统航行性能的诸多因素,这些因素主要有:拖缆的长度、拖航速度、被拖船的拖航点位置。针对浅水效应给予拖航系统的影响以及通过改变PD控制参数改善拖航系统航向稳定性进行的初步探讨,得到了一系列有益的结论。     

无人帆船自主避障算法

针对无人帆船短途航行的避障需求构建了无人帆船自主避障系统，提出了基于A*的帆船避障路径规划算法以及基于LOS的帆船循迹控制算法。案例帆船的仿真测试和航行测试均成功实现多个障碍物场景下的自主避障航行，较为充分地证明了方法的可行性与实时性，对无人帆船应用具有重要意义。     

基于分数阶PIλDμ的船舶航向控制

船舶在海上航行时受到海风、海浪和海流等环境扰动作用,这造成在不同航速下船舶动力学模型的参数不确定性,本文对船舶本体运动和风浪流干扰进行建模,提出一种基于分数阶PIλDμ的抑制风浪干扰的的航向控制算法,并与传统 PID算法进行对比,针对某型船舶动力学模型在6级海风和5级海浪海况下进行对比数字仿真。仿真结果表明,该算法在不同航速下具有较好的控制品质和鲁棒性,对风浪干扰具有良好的适应性,可应用于船舶的航向控制,易于工程实现。