Multi-physics SPH simulation of complex marine-engineering hydrodynamic problems

Publikationstyp
Journal Article
Date Issued
2013-03-27
Sprache
English
Author(s)
Ulrich, Christian  
Leonardi, Marzia  
Rung, Thomas  orcid-logo
Institut
Fluiddynamik und Schiffstheorie M-8  
TORE-URI
http://hdl.handle.net/11420/6879
Journal
Ocean engineering  
Volume
64
Start Page
109
End Page
121
Citation
Ocean Engineering (64): 109-121 (2013)
Publisher DOI
10.1016/j.oceaneng.2013.02.007
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-84875729709
Publisher
Elsevier Science
The paper reports on the applicability of the Smoothed-Particle- Hydrodynamics (SPH) method to complex, full-scale marine-engineering problems. Investigations include the installation process of a gravity foundation for wind turbines, jacket launching from a barge and propeller induced scouring of the waterway bottom. Supplementary validations for a sequence of fundamental cases indicate an encouraging predictive accuracy for the considered physical phenomena. Results demonstrate that SPH is able to address the problems featuring fluid/structure/soil-interaction and the hydrodynamic interplay between several floating bodies which pose challenges to traditional mesh-based solvers.
Subjects
Gravity foundation installation
Jacket launching
Propeller induced scouring
Smoothed-Particle-Hydrodynamics
DDC Class
620: Ingenieurwissenschaften
More Funding Information
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)