ISSN:
0271-2091
Keywords:
Strip Theory
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Boundary Elements
;
Fluid-structure Interactions
;
Radiation
;
Diffraction
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Engineering
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Engineering General
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
In strip theory analysis the vessel is represented by a series of 2D transverse sections. For 2D arbitrary-shaped sections either floating in the free surface or totally submerged, a higher-order boundary element analysis has been developed to permit determination of the associated radiation and diffraction velocity potentials.In this paper the formulation of the cited interaction problems is reworked to reflect the new capability of permitting curved boundary elements to represent the geometry and a higher-order functional behaviour of the unknown velocity potentials over that geometry. This is in direct contrast to the usual technique of using straight-line geometric panels and invariant behaviour of the required potentials over these simple panels.Applications to representative sections of floating ships and the fully submerged pontoon section of a semi-submersible are presented. Within these applications the results of the standard Frank close-fit technique, of linear panels and constant behaviour, are compared with different combinations of higher-order representations of the geometry and the determined velocity potentials.Conclusions regarding the advantages and limitations of the procedures developed are discussed.
Additional Material:
35 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/fld.1650080207
