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Over the past two decades high-speed vessels have extended their service areas from protected waters to the open ocean where frequent and large water impacts can result in structural damage. The accurate prediction of slamming loads, and their consequences on light-weight high-speed vessels, is an essential element of efficient structural design. The aim of this work is to understand and accurately predict the behavior and local slam loads of quasi-2D wedge shaped hull forms impacting water. The computed results, using finite-volume Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), are validated against drop test experimental data and compared to a previously published numerical simulation using Smoothed Par-ticle Hydrodynamics (SPH). The CFD results show good agreement with the experimental measurements.

Item Type:	Refereed Article
Keywords:	Slam, CFD, drop test
Research Division:	Engineering
Research Group:	Maritime engineering
Research Field:	Ship and platform structures (incl. maritime hydrodynamics)
Objective Division:	Expanding Knowledge
Objective Group:	Expanding knowledge
Objective Field:	Expanding knowledge in engineering
UTAS Author:	Swidan, A (Dr Ahmed Swidan)
UTAS Author:	Amin, W (Dr Walid Amin)
UTAS Author:	Ranmuthugala, D (Professor Dev Ranmuthugala)
UTAS Author:	Thomas, G (Professor Giles Thomas)
UTAS Author:	Penesis, I (Professor Irene Penesis)
ID Code:	93966
Year Published:	2013
Deposited By:	Seafaring and Maritime Operations
Deposited On:	2014-08-25
Last Modified:	2019-12-24
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