Modeling the effect of sloshing on ship motions

Tim Bunnik, MARIN

Contents

Problem definition Linear diffraction method for sloshing effect on ship motions ComFLOW coupling to ship motion code for sloshing effect on ship motions Conclusions

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Problem definition

Francescutto and Contento, ISOPE 1994

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Problem definition
R0 R1

R2

R3

Gaillarde, RINA 2004

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Problem definition
4 3.5 3 closed tank open tank

roll RAO [rad/m]

2.5 2 1.5 1 0.5 0 2 3 4 5 6 frequency [rad/s] 7 8

Molin, OMAE 2008. This dataset was used for validation.

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Linear Diffraction Method

Potential flow Boundary element method Small ship motions and waves MARIN program DIFFRAC

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Linear Diffraction Method

Water in the tank is modeled as 1. Rigid mass+ 2. Frequency dependent added mass+ 3. Hydrostatic restoring force (GM free-surface correction) There is no damping force from the tank since there is no radiation of waves Computation on model scale

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Linear Diffraction Method

Sloshing modes n=1

n=2

Odd sloshing modes unbounded in linear diffraction theory

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Linear Diffraction Method

barge with open tank containing 29 cm of water 20 DIFFRAC =0 DIFFRAC =0.01 DIFFRAC =0.02

roll added mass/roll inertia [-]

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Additional damping on free surface

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-5 0

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Linear Diffraction Method

Roll RAO with closed water tank Very good!

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Linear Diffraction Method

Roll RAO with open tank Reasonable, but far from perfect

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ComFLOW coupling for ship motions

Old situation:
0.6

0.4

0.2

0 0 -0.2 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

Comflow.exe

Sloshing loads

-0.4

-0.6

Pre-defined motions
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ComFLOW coupling for ship motions

New situation:

Body motion program F=m * a

Motions Velocities Accelerations Sloshing loads

Comflow.lib
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ComFLOW coupling for ship motions

Interface routines:

STEP_IN_TIME() get_time(T_comflow,TMAX) set_moving_frame(T_next, motion, velocity, acceleration) get_force_FRCBX(iBOX, FORCE, MOMENT, x, y, z)

Coupling made with aNySIM: In-house code for time-domain simulation of ship motions
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ComFLOW coupling for ship motions

Linear diffraction analysis for the barge

The sloshing tank is modeled with ComFLOW 2D 1-phase simulations (1 cell in longitudinal direction) Simulations on model scale 400 seconds irregular beam waves to determine roll RAO Hs=0.06 m Tp=1.6 s
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ComFLOW coupling for ship motions

Very coarse grid (20x12) ~ hours Coarse grid (40x23) ~ 1 day Fine grid (80x46) ~ 3 days
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ComFLOW coupling for ship motions

Closed tanks seastate irr1. 4 3.5 3
roll RAO [rad/m]

aNySIM-ComFLOW very coarse Molin [2008]

2.5 2 1.5 1 0.5 0 3 4 5 6 frequency [rad/s] 7 8

Closed tank Water modelled with ComFLOW No free surface

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ComFLOW coupling for ship motions

Flat roof 16 cm above still water level. Seastate irr1. 4 3.5 3
roll RAO [rad/m]

aNySIM-ComFLOW very coarse aNySIM-ComFLOW coarse aNySIM-ComFLOW fine Molin [2008]

2.5 2 1.5 1 0.5 0 3 4 5 6 frequency [rad/s] 7 8

Open tank, airgap 16 cm Good agreement Small grid effects

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Conclusions
Coupling between ComFLOW and ship motion code (aNySIM) is working well Reasonable results Molin dataset with linear diffraction method Good results Molin dataset with ComFLOW/aNySIM method ComFLOW library with interfaces will be made available in the first deliverable of ComFLOW-3, so users can couple it to their own simulation programs

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The end

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