The influence of fluid structure interaction modelling on the dynamic response of ships subject to collision and grounding

Sang Jin Kim, Mihkel Körgesaar, Nima Ahmadi, Ghalib Taimuri, Pentti Kujala, Spyros Hirdaris

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Abstract

Analysis of the dynamic response of ships in accident scenarios requires a realistic idealisation of environmental and operational conditions by multi-physics models. This paper presents a procedure that simulates the influence of strongly coupled FSI effects on the dynamic response of ships involved in typical collision and grounding events. Our method couples an explicit 6-DoF structural dynamic finite element scheme with a hydrodynamic method accounting for (a) 6-DoF potential flow hydrodynamic actions; (b) the influence of evasive ship speed in the way of contact and (c) the effects of hydrodynamic resistance based on a RANS CFD model. Multi-physics simulations for typical accident scenarios involving passenger ships confirm that suitable FSI modelling may be critical for either collision or grounding events primarily because of the influence of hydrodynamic restoring forces.
Original languageEnglish
Article number102875
Number of pages17
JournalMarine Structures
Volume75
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2021
MoE publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

Keywords

  • ship safety
  • grounding
  • collision
  • sluid structure interactions
  • Dynamic response
  • Structural crashworthiness

Field of art

  • Design
  • Performance

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