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Numerical computations of resistance of high speed catamaran in calm water

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In this paper, the in-house multifunction solver naoe-FOAM-SJTU is applied to study the resistance and wave-making performance of a high-speed catamaran sailing at different velocity in calm water. The volume of fluid (VOF) method is used to capture the free interface and the finite volume method (FVM) is adopted as the discretization scheme. The hull model is fixed with initial trim and sinkage. The numerical results of the presented paper agree very well with the measurement data of model test. Wave making and vortex field are well simulated to analyze the hydrodynamic performance of a catamaran.

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

    Ruo-si Zha  (查若思), Hai-xuan Ye  (叶海轩), Zhi-rong Shen  (沈志荣) & De-cheng Wan  (万德成)

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Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11072154, 51379125), the National Key Basic Research Development Program of China (973 Program, Grant No. 2013CB036103).

Biography: ZHA Ruo-si (1992-), Male, Master Candidate

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Zha, Rs., Ye, Hx., Shen, Zr. et al. Numerical computations of resistance of high speed catamaran in calm water. J Hydrodyn 26, 930–938 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1016/S1001-6058(14)60102-5

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