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Numerical Simulation of Transient Flow Around a Ship in Unsteady Berthing Motion

Journal of Hydrodynamics volume 21, pages 379–385 (2009)Cite this article

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Ship berthing is a specific maneuver operation. The flow around a berthing ship and the forces acting on the hull are quite different from those for a ship in normal navigation. By solving the unsteady Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equations, the transient flow field around a ship undergoing unsteady lateral motion is simulated and the varying lateral hydrodynamic force acting on the hull is evaluated in this article. The numerical results obtained with different turbulence models are analyzed and compared with experimental results and other numerical results published in literature, and a turbulence model more suitable for simulation of the viscous flow around a ship undergoing unsteady berthing is determined.

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  1. School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Civil Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China

    Hua-ming Wang & Zao-jian Zou

  2. State Key Laboratory of Ocean Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200030, China

    Zao-jian Zou

  3. Marine Design and Research Institute of China, Shanghai, 200011, China

    Xi-min Tian

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Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 10572094, 50779033), the Special Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education in China (Grant No. 20050248037).

Biography: WANG Hua-ming (1979-), Male, Ph. D. Candidate

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Wang, Hm., Zou, Zj. & Tian, Xm. Numerical Simulation of Transient Flow Around a Ship in Unsteady Berthing Motion. J Hydrodyn 21, 379–385 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1016/S1001-6058(08)60160-2

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Key words

  • ship berthing
  • transient flow
  • lateral hydrodynamic force
  • numerical simulation