TY - JOUR
T1 - A numerical and experimental study on the outrigger positioning of a trimaran hull in terms of resistance
AU - Yildiz, Burak
AU - Sener, Bekir
AU - Duman, Suleyman
AU - Datla, Raju
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020
PY - 2020/2/15
Y1 - 2020/2/15
N2 - Although the trimaran design has gained increasing popularity toward the end of the 20th century, there are a few experimental or numerical data available to aid the designer. In this study, the results of experimental and numerical studies for a high-speed trimaran hull are presented to analyze the resistance and running attitude characteristics. A 1/125 scale model was tested at a single outrigger configuration for a range of speeds up to Froude number of 0.5. A three-dimensional RANS solver code based on the finite volume method was used to simulate the forward motion of the trimaran under two degrees of freedom in calm water. A verification study was conducted to calculate the uncertainties in the computations. Then, nine different outrigger configurations were analyzed using CFD. The wave profile on the center-hull and the wave patterns are provided to show the effect of the interference between the center-hull and outriggers on the calculated resistance. The resistance characteristics of each outrigger configuration are presented. Considerable changes in total resistance are reported in some cases. It is concluded that CFD can be used as a robust, reliable and repeatable method when it comes to examining multiple cases.
AB - Although the trimaran design has gained increasing popularity toward the end of the 20th century, there are a few experimental or numerical data available to aid the designer. In this study, the results of experimental and numerical studies for a high-speed trimaran hull are presented to analyze the resistance and running attitude characteristics. A 1/125 scale model was tested at a single outrigger configuration for a range of speeds up to Froude number of 0.5. A three-dimensional RANS solver code based on the finite volume method was used to simulate the forward motion of the trimaran under two degrees of freedom in calm water. A verification study was conducted to calculate the uncertainties in the computations. Then, nine different outrigger configurations were analyzed using CFD. The wave profile on the center-hull and the wave patterns are provided to show the effect of the interference between the center-hull and outriggers on the calculated resistance. The resistance characteristics of each outrigger configuration are presented. Considerable changes in total resistance are reported in some cases. It is concluded that CFD can be used as a robust, reliable and repeatable method when it comes to examining multiple cases.
KW - Computational fluid dynamics
KW - Outrigger positioning
KW - Resistance
KW - Towing tank tests
KW - Trimaran
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U2 - 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2020.106938
DO - 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2020.106938
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85078119223
SN - 0029-8018
VL - 198
JO - Ocean Engineering
JF - Ocean Engineering
M1 - 106938
ER -