A CFD Numerical Study to Evaluate the Effect of Deck Roughness and Length on Shipping Water Loading
Shipping water events that propagate over the decks of marine structures can generate significant loads on them. As the configuration of the structure may affect the loading behaviour, investigation of shipping water loads in different structural conditions is required. This paper presents a numeric...
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| description | Shipping water events that propagate over the decks of marine structures can generate significant loads on them. As the configuration of the structure may affect the loading behaviour, investigation of shipping water loads in different structural conditions is required. This paper presents a numerical investigation of the effect of deck roughness and deck length on vertical and horizontal loads caused by shipping water on a fixed structure. Systematic analyses were carried out of isolated shipping water events generated with the wet dam-break method and simulated with OpenFoam Computational Fluid Dynamics toolbox. The numerical approach was validated and then the shipping water loads were examined. It was found that, as roughness increased, the maximum vertical and horizontal loads showed a delay. As the deck length reduced, the vertical backflow loads tended to increase. These results suggest it may be worthwhile examining the behaviour of shipping water as it propagates over rough surfaces caused by fouling, corrosion, or those with small structural elements distributed on them. Moreover, the effect of deck length is important in understanding the order of magnitude of loads on structures with variable deck lengths, and those which have forward and backflow loading stages. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ca550d51fef94b619c7b5bd965def8f82023-11-22T06:19:51ZengMDPI AGWater2073-44412021-07-011315206310.3390/w13152063A CFD Numerical Study to Evaluate the Effect of Deck Roughness and Length on Shipping Water LoadingPaola E. Rodríguez-Ocampo0Jassiel V. H. Fontes1Michael Ring2Edgar Mendoza3Rodolfo Silva4II-UNAM, Instituto de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City 04510, MexicoEST-UEA, Escola Superior de Tecnologia, Universidade do Estado do Amazonas, Manaus 69050-020, BrazilII-UNAM, Instituto de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City 04510, MexicoII-UNAM, Instituto de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City 04510, MexicoII-UNAM, Instituto de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City 04510, MexicoShipping water events that propagate over the decks of marine structures can generate significant loads on them. As the configuration of the structure may affect the loading behaviour, investigation of shipping water loads in different structural conditions is required. This paper presents a numerical investigation of the effect of deck roughness and deck length on vertical and horizontal loads caused by shipping water on a fixed structure. Systematic analyses were carried out of isolated shipping water events generated with the wet dam-break method and simulated with OpenFoam Computational Fluid Dynamics toolbox. The numerical approach was validated and then the shipping water loads were examined. It was found that, as roughness increased, the maximum vertical and horizontal loads showed a delay. As the deck length reduced, the vertical backflow loads tended to increase. These results suggest it may be worthwhile examining the behaviour of shipping water as it propagates over rough surfaces caused by fouling, corrosion, or those with small structural elements distributed on them. Moreover, the effect of deck length is important in understanding the order of magnitude of loads on structures with variable deck lengths, and those which have forward and backflow loading stages.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/13/15/2063numerical analysisCFDopenFOAMshipping watersurface roughnessdeck length |
| spellingShingle | Paola E. Rodríguez-Ocampo Jassiel V. H. Fontes Michael Ring Edgar Mendoza Rodolfo Silva A CFD Numerical Study to Evaluate the Effect of Deck Roughness and Length on Shipping Water Loading Water numerical analysis CFD openFOAM shipping water surface roughness deck length |
| title | A CFD Numerical Study to Evaluate the Effect of Deck Roughness and Length on Shipping Water Loading |
| title_full | A CFD Numerical Study to Evaluate the Effect of Deck Roughness and Length on Shipping Water Loading |
| title_fullStr | A CFD Numerical Study to Evaluate the Effect of Deck Roughness and Length on Shipping Water Loading |
| title_full_unstemmed | A CFD Numerical Study to Evaluate the Effect of Deck Roughness and Length on Shipping Water Loading |
| title_short | A CFD Numerical Study to Evaluate the Effect of Deck Roughness and Length on Shipping Water Loading |
| title_sort | cfd numerical study to evaluate the effect of deck roughness and length on shipping water loading |
| topic | numerical analysis CFD openFOAM shipping water surface roughness deck length |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/13/15/2063 |
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