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Numerical Simulation of Wave Breaking Near Ship Bow

  • Lee, Young-Gill;Kim, Nam-Chul;Yu, Jin-Won;Choi, Si-Young
    • Journal of Ship and Ocean Technology
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.16-27
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    • 2008
  • The interaction between advancing ships and the waves generated by them plays important roles in wave resistances and ship motions. Wave breaking phenomena near the ship bow at different speeds are investigated both numerically and experimentally. Numerical simulations of free surface profiles near the fore bodies of ships are performed and visualized to grasp the general trend or the mechanism of wave breaking phenomena from moderate waves rather than concentrating on local chaotic irregularities as ship speeds increase. Navier-Stokes equations are differentiated based on the finite difference method. The Marker and Cell (MAC) Method and Marker-Density Method are employed, and they are compared for the description of free surface conditions associated with the governing equations. Extra effort has been directed toward the realization of extremely complex free surface conditions at wave breaking. For this purpose, the air-water interface is treated with marker density, which is used for two layer flows of fluids with different properties. Adaptation schemes and refinement of the numerical grid system are also used at local complex flows to improve the accuracy of the solutions. In addition to numerical simulations, various model tests are performed in a ship model towing tank. The results are compared with numerical calculations for verification and for realizing better, more efficient research performance. It is expected that the present research results regarding wave breaking and the geometry of the fore body of ship will facilitate better hull form design productivity at the preliminary ship design stage, especially in the case of small and fast ship design. Also, the obtained knowledge on the impact due to the interaction of breaking waves and an advancing hull surface is expected to be applicable to investigation of the ship bow slamming problem as a specific application.

An Experimental Study on the Flow Characteristics around Wedge Type Structure by Slamming (슬래밍에 의한 쐐기형 구조물 주위의 유동특성에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • Oh, Seung-Jin;Cho, Dae-Hwan
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.213-218
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    • 2013
  • This paper presents are experimental investigation to figure out slamming impact pressure and flow characteristics of a wedge type structure in free fall. The flow field has been obtained by 2-frame grey level cross correlation PIV(Particle Image Velocimetry) method, the impact presure of free fall structure by a pressure acquisition system apply to Dewetron system. The angles between a model and the free surface are adapted $15^{\circ}$, $25^{\circ}$, $35^{\circ}$ and $45^{\circ}$ respectively. Velocity field of water exit has higher better than water entry. The impact pressure under the bottom of the model ha been appeared higher values at 15 degrees than 45 degrees, and also at P1.

Evaluation on the nutrient concentration changes along the flow path of a free surface flow constructed wetland in agricultural area (농업지역에 조성된 자유수면형 인공습지의 유로에 따른 영양염류의 변화 평가)

  • Mercado, Jean Margaret R.;Maniquiz-Redillas, Marla C.;Kim, Lee-Hyung
    • Journal of Wetlands Research
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.215-222
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    • 2013
  • In this study, the nutrient concentration changes along the hydrologic flow path of a free water surface flow constructed wetland (CW) treating agricultural stream runoff was investigated. Dry sampling was performed from April 2009 to November 2011 at five locations representing each treatment units of the CW. Grab water samples were analyzed for nitrogen forms such as total nitrogen (TN), total Kjeldahl nitrogen, nitrate, and ammonium; and phosphorus forms including total phosphorus (TP) and phosphate. Findings revealed that the physical properties such as temperature, dissolved oxygen and pH affected the TP retention in the CW. High nutrient reduction was observed after passing the first sedimentation zone indicating the importance of settling process in the retention of nutrients. However, it was until the 85% of the length of the CW where nutrient retention was greatest indicating the deposition of nutrients at the alternating shallow and deep marshes. TN and TP concentration seemed to increase at the final sedimentation zone (FSZ) suggesting a possible nutrient source in this segment of the CW. It was therefore recommended to reduce or possibly remove the FSZ in the CW for an optimum performance, smaller spatial allocation and lesser construction expenses for similar systems.

A Numerical Model for Wind-Induced Circulation in a Thermally Stratified Flow (수온성층흐름에서 바람에 의해 발생하는 순환흐름을 해석하기 위한 수치모형개발)

  • Lee, Jin-Woo;Kim, Hyung-Jun;Cho, Yong-Sik
    • Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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    • v.43 no.10
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    • pp.911-920
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    • 2010
  • The closed water bodies, such as reservoirs and lakes, could be contaminated by an inflow of pollutants in the upstream as well as a stratification caused by seasonal natural phenomena. The vertical circulation particularly plays an important role in reduction of environmental pollutants. The factors of the vertical circulation are the temperature, wind, thermal diffusivity and sunlight. The wind is probably the most significant factor among them. Thus, it is necessary to describe the validation and application of a three-dimensional numerical model of wind-induced circulation in a thermally stratified flow. In this paper, a three-dimensional numerical model for the thermally stratified flows is presented. The model is conducted in three steps to calculate the velocity components from the momentum equations in x- and y- axis directions, the elevations from the free surface equation and the temperature from the scalar transport equation. Numerical predictions are compared with available analytical solutions for the sloshing free surface movement in a rectangular basin. The numerical results generally show a reasonable agreement with analytical solutions. And the model is applied to the circulation for the wind induced flow in a thermally stratification. Consequently, the developed model is validated by two verifications and phenomena of the internal flow.

Numerical Modeling of Free Surface Flow over a Broad-Crested Rectangular Weir (사각형 광정위어를 통과하는 자유수면 흐름 수치모의)

  • Paik, Joongcheol;Lee, Nam Joo
    • Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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    • v.48 no.4
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    • pp.281-290
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    • 2015
  • Numerical simulations of free surface flow over a broad-crested rectangular weir are conducted by using the volume of fraction (VOF) method and three different turbulence models, the k-${\varepsilon}$, RNG k-${\omega}$ and k-${\omega}$ SST models. The governing equations are solved by a second-order accurate finite volume method and the grid sensitivity study of solutions is carried out. The numerical results are evaluated by comparing the solutions with experimental and numerical results of Kirkgoz et al. (2008) and some non-dimensionalized experimental results obtained by Moss (1972) and Zachoval et al. (2012). The results show that the present numerical model can reasonably reproduce the experimental results, while three turbulent models yield different numerical predictions of two distinct zones of flow separation, the first zone is in front of the upstream edge of the weir and the second is created immediately behind the upstream edge of the weir where the flow is separated to form the separation bubble. The standard k-${\varepsilon}$ model appears to significantly underestimate the size of both separation zones and the k-${\omega}$ SST model slightly over-estimates the first separation zone in front of the weir. The RNG k-${\varepsilon}$ model predicts both separation zones in overall good agreement with the experimental measurement, while the k-${\omega}$ SST model yields the best numerical prediction of separation bubble at the upstream edge of the weir.

Hull form Design and Application of CFD Techniques (선형설계와 수치계산기법 응용)

  • Kang K. J.
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2000.10a
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    • pp.9-14
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    • 2000
  • Computational methods can be classified roughly into two parts: one is the methods based on a potential flow theory, and the other is numerical solvers(CFD) based on Navier-Stockes equation. Methods based on a potential theory are more effective than CFD when the free surface effect is considered. Especially Rankine source method seems to become widespread for simulations of wave making problems. For computations of viscous flow problems, CFD techniques have rapidly been developed and have shown many successful results in the viscous flow calculation. Present paper introduces a computational system 'WAVIS' which includes a pre-processor, potential ant viscous flow solvers and a post-processor. To validate the system, the calculated results for modem commercial hull forms are compared with measurements. It is found that the results from the system are in good agreement with the experimental data, illustrating the accuracy of the numerical methods employed for WAVIS.

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Numerical Analysis of Impact Forces and Entry Behaviors of the High Speed Water Entry Bodies (고속으로 입수하는 물체에 대한 충격량 및 입수 거동 해석)

  • Kim Y. W.;Park W. G.;Kim C. S.
    • Journal of computational fluids engineering
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.1-7
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    • 1999
  • The numerical methodology for computing tile impact forces and water entry behaviors of high speed water entry bodies was been developed. Since the present method assumed the impact occurs within a very short time interval. the viscous effects do not have enough time to play a significant role in the impact forces, that is, the flow around a water-entry object was assumed as an incompressible potential flow and is solved by the source panel method. The elements fully submerged into the water are routinely treated, but the elements intersected by the effective planar free surface are redefined and reorganized to be amenable to the source panel method. To validate the present code, it was applied to disk, cone and ogive model and compared with experimental data. Good agreement was obtained. The water entry behavior such as the bouncing phenomena from the free surface was also simulated using the impact forces and two degree of freedom dynamic equation. Physically acceptable results were obtained.

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Calculation of Flows around Container Ship Models with Different Reynolds Numbers (Reynolds 수가 다른 컨테이너선 모형 주위의 유동 계산)

  • Kim, Byoung-Nam;Park, Jong-Hwan;Kim, Wu-Joan
    • Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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    • v.44 no.3 s.153
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    • pp.258-266
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    • 2007
  • CFD calculations are performed for KRISO 3600TEU container ship(KCS) models with different Reynolds numbers. Numerical calculations of the turbulent flows with the free surface around KCS have been carried out at $Re=0.791{\times}106\;and\;Re=1.4{\times}107$ using a standard Fluent package. In both cases, Froude number is fixed with 0.26 and wave elevation is simulated by using the VOF method. The calculated results at $Re=1.4{\times}107\;and\;Re=0.791{\times}106$ are compared with the experiment data of KRISO towing tank test and RIMS CWC test, respectively. Boundary layer thickness and wake field shows Reynolds number differences. There are some changes in wave pattern behind transom stern.

Study on High Accurate Schemes for Simulation of Free-surface Flow (자유표면 유동 시뮬레이션을 위한 고정확도 수치도식의 검토)

  • Park, Jong-Chun;Lee, Byoung-Hyuk;Kim, Jeung-Hu
    • Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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    • v.20 no.4 s.71
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    • pp.31-36
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    • 2006
  • Numerical schemes for spacing and time are tested to accurately simulate the wave propagation. The tested numerical schemesinclude 2nd-order central differencing, l-order upwind scheme, 2nd-order Leith scheme, 3rd-order MUSCLE, QUICK and QUICKEST schemes in spacing and the Euler and 4th-order Runge-Kutta(R-K) schemes in time. It is seen that more accurate results are expected when the higher-order schemes, especially the schemes combined with a TVD control limiter, are used for solving the wave equation. The 3rd-order upwind scheme with limiter and the 4th-order R-K scheme in tim£ are finally applied to the wave-making simulation in a digital wave tank.