Investigate the Effect of Loading Conditions on Ship Hydroelasticity

Ocid Mursid, who is a PhD researcher in the Department of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering at the University of Strathclyde, is using ARCHIE-West to investigate the effect of loading conditions on ship hydroelasticity. The study employs a coupled simulation of finite element analysis (FEA) and computational fluid dynamics (CFD), utilizing Star CCM+ and Abaqus numerical calculations.

 The traditional method has individually examined the effect of the loading condition. However, in the traditional method, the result is either an underestimate or an overestimate. Therefore, coupled simulation is conducted to obtain results that are more comprehensive. The results of the structural and hydrodynamic aspects will be checked under different loading conditions.

In this study, the structure of the barge is simplified as a beam element. The barge skin is representative of the interface between CFD and FEA analysis. The interface is used to transfer the pressure and deformation of the ship. To represent the deformation of the ship body in the CFD mesh morphing is used in the calculation.

For more information about the project contact Prof Erkan Oterkus (erkan.oterkus@strath.ac.uk), Professor at the Department of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering at the University of Strathclyde or Ocid Mursid (ocid-mursid@strath.ac.uk), PhD candidate at the Department of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering at the University of Strathclyde.

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