Multi-fidelity optimization of a high-speed foil-assisted semi-planing catamaran for low wake

The wakes of high-speed passenger-only ferries that operated through Rich Passage, on the Seattle-Bremerton ferry route, caused beach erosion and damage to habitat. A task was initiated to design a low-wake high-speed vessel using multi-fidelity CFD based design optimization by using low-fidelity potential flow solvers for initial global design optimization and by using URANS solvers for high-fidelity tuning of the optimized design. This simulation based design process involved a close collaboration between ship designers, and hydrodynamics and CFD specialists, whose collective expertise guided the evolution of the design based on both hydrodynamic and structural aspects. The initial hull shape optimization using potential flow code was carried out by blending three different initial concepts provided by the designers. Subsequently, URANS was used to evaluate the potential flow optimized hull and to further optimize the hull configuration parameters, namely, the centre-of-gravity, demihull spacing, foil location, foil angle and slenderness ratio at different displacement conditions. The URANS based configuration optimization also took into account the far field wakes’ energy spectrum with an objective of reducing the energetic, low frequency far field wakes which are associated with beach flattening on the mixed sand and gravel beaches. Calculation of the far field wake using URANS would require an unfeasibly large domain size; therefore, a Havelock code with a source distribution matching the URANS calculated near field wave elevation was used to propagate the wakes into the far field. The end result of the optimization was a design with significantly reduced far field wake, which is currently being built for experimental testing.     

Numerical simulation of interference effects for a high-speed catamaran

The simulations of the flow around a high-speed vessel in both catamaran and monohull configurations are carried out by the numerical solution of the Reynold averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS) equations. The goal of the analysis is the investigation of the interference phenomena between the two hulls, with focus on its dependence on the Reynolds number (Re). To this aim, numerical simulations are carried out for values of Re ranging from 10⁶ to 10⁸ for two different values of the Froude number (Fr = 0.30, 0.45). Wave patterns, wave profiles, limiting streamlines, surface pressure and velocity fields are analyzed; comparison is made between the catamaran and the monohull configurations. Dependence of the pressure and viscous resistance coefficients, as well as of the interference factor, on the Reynolds number is investigated. Verification and validation for both resistance coefficients and wave cuts is also performed.     

穿浪型双体高速客滚船火灾风险及对策

穿浪型双体高速客滚船是一种客货同载的高性能高速船,在恶劣海况下具有其他类型高速船不可逾越的航行综合性能,未来在海上短途客滚轮渡、海运快递以及岛屿、海峡之间的海上快速交通运输等领域具有广阔的发展前景。穿浪型双体高速客滚船在营运过程中存在一定风险,火灾就是其中最常见的风险。本文分析穿浪型双体高速客滚船火灾事故成因,探讨解决方案和总结相应对策,为穿浪型双体高速客滚船的火灾预防和应急处理提供切实可行的应对措施。     

铝制高速双体船强度评估方法关键点研究

本文阐述高速铝制双体船的强度评估方法。以1艘高速铝制海监船为例,探究总纵弯矩的分布曲线、总扭矩施加位置等因素对船舶结构强度的影响。在此基础上对全船结构强度作出评估,提出若干合理建议。相关结论对同类型船舶的结构设计提供了一定的参考。     

铝制高速双体船强度评估方法关键点研究

本文阐述高速铝制双体船的强度评估方法.以1艘高速铝制海监船为例,探究总纵弯矩的分布曲线、总扭矩施加位置等因素对船舶结构强度的影响.在此基础上对全船结构强度作出评估,提出若干合理建议.相关结论对同类型船舶的结构设计提供了一定的参考.     

水翼对高速双体船纵向减摇性能影响研究

基于水翼在高速双体船上的广泛应用,运用Fluent软件,通过在水翼的攻角、尺寸、安装方式方面进行选型设计,研究水翼与高速双体船之间的相互影响,并且基于静特征数的附体减摇能力分析方法,研究静水中水翼对高速双体船的纵向减摇性能。计算分析结果表明,水翼对高速双体船的纵向运动能起到一定的辅助作用,可以减缓船体的纵摇与升沉。     

穿浪型高速双体船技术特点及其发展概况

本文主要介绍穿浪型高型高速双体船的特点,我国在这一领域的研制及其发展概况。     

高速双体船斜浪中运动响应及连接桥波浪载荷预报

应用二维时域格林函数法对二维半定解问题进行了求解,应用发展的二维半理论和程序对WP60高速穿浪双体船在斜浪中的垂荡、纵摇、横摇和垂向加速度等运动响应及连接桥结构的波浪载荷进行预报,并把理论计算结果与模型试验结果及其它程序计算结果比较分析,初步验证了文中方法和程序在预报高速双体船运动及载荷性能中的适用性.     

沿海双体运输船设计

双体运输船可用于沿海港口与近海石油钻井平台之间的货物与设备的运输。阐述了该型双体船的主要量度、相关技术性能以及有关设备配置等。     

基于CFD方法的双体风电交通运维船改造的航速估算

关于船舶改造,在设计阶段快速而又准确地估算航速相当重要。文章介绍针对某双体风电交通运维船的改造,采用数值仿真技术预报其航速。首先使用计算流体力学(CFD)商业软件FLUENT,对船舶在静水中的黏性阻力展开数值计算。然后通过黏性阻力占总阻力的比例,估算船舶的总阻力,绘制推进阻力曲线。从推进阻力曲线与螺旋桨的有效功率的交点即可估算出该船的航速。为了得到高精度黏性阻力计算结果,在船体表面附近网格加密,采用SST k-ω湍流模式,速度与压强耦合采用SIMPLC方法,其它离散采用二阶迎风格式。数值方法预报船舶黏性阻力技术相当成熟,发表的数值预报结果供读者参考。     

基于CFD的超小型双体无人船总体设计

概 要：现有超小型双体船的总体设计主要参照以往玻璃钢游乐船的设计经验,未考虑其型线设计,导致航速低和稳性差的问题。本文利用CFD仿真软件,对船体阻力进行分析对比,得到快速性较优的线型方案,同时考虑推进器布置的影响,设计了一型标准的超小型双体船。通过真实船模模型试验,验证了本设计方案较现有船型在航速指标上的明显改进,达到预期目的,为今后的超小型双体船总体设计提供了参考方向,值得应用和推广。     

海上高速双体风电维护船结构方案及其强度分析

依据某海上双体风电维护船总体布置要求,参照相关规范,进行结构方案构思,并着重对全横骨架式和混合骨架式2种结构方案横向强度、扭转强度进行有限元分析。根据计算结果分析其应力分布特点,特别针对连接桥强横梁高应力区域,拟定不同结构调整方案,通过结构重量和强度的分析比较,确定满足海上风电场快速、安全维护要求的结构方案。     

高速双体滑行艇的特点、用途及发展动向

根据长城系列四种近二十型高性能双体滑行艇研究、设计、试验及使用情况，列举了双体滑行艇的综合优势及特点；叙述了四种双体滑行艇的适用范围及用途；介绍了多双体滑行艇技术发展的若干趋向。     

尾板对高速双体船阻力性能影响的研究

介绍尾板改善船舶性能的流体动力机理,对加装不同参数尾板的高速双体船的阻力性能进行模型试验和对比分析,验证了尾板可以减小尾波能量的损耗,减阻效果明显,并提出可调下反角尾板的设想。     

Multi-objective topology and size optimization of high-speed vehicle-passenger catamaran structure by genetic algorithm

Ship structural design has become recently an ever more important and difficult task, because it should always take into account several estimation criteria which are a crucial element of shipyard management, as the hull structural strength is one of the most important factors of overall ship safety, and the total cost of structural materials used for the construction of a ship is a significant part of her total construction cost. Simultaneously, a complete definition of the optimal structural design requires a formulation of size-topology-shape-material optimization task unifying the optimization problems from these four areas and giving an effective solution of this problem. So far, a significant progress towards a solution of this problem has not been achieved. An objective of the underlying paper was to develop an evolutionary algorithm for multi-objective optimization of both topology and scantlings of structural elements of large spatial sections of ships. In the paper an evolutionary algorithm where selection takes place based on the scalar objective function is proposed and applied to solve the problem of structural elements weight and cleaned and painted surface area on a high-speed vehicle-passenger catamaran structure with several design variables, such as plate thickness, scantlings of longitudinal stiffeners and transverse frames, and spacing between longitudinal and transversal members. The results of numerical experiments with the use of the developed algorithm are presented. They show that the proposed genetic algorithm can be an efficient multi-objective optimization tool for simultaneous design of the topology and sizing of ship structures.     

新型高速艇的CFD模拟和对比分析

高速艇具有体积小、航速高、智能等优点,可以完成搜救、探测、导航和作战等多种任务,广泛应用于军民用领域。研究高速艇的阻力性能对艇体的型线设计和艇体的流体动力学性能分析都显得十分重要。设计一种新型高速艇,通过NUMECA系列软件对不同的高速艇进行数值模拟计算,以研究此类新型高速艇的水动力性能。研究表明：加装水翼或防飞溅条均可增加艇体的升力,使艇体更快地处于滑行状态,安装了防飞溅条的翼滑艇的阻力性能良好。     

500客位高速穿浪双体船阻力与船型优化试验研究

本文主要介绍和讨论在某高速穿浪双体船原型主尺度的基础上,综合考虑片体L/B和中心距等参数对快速性和耐波性的影响,用理论方法确定500客位穿浪双体船的优化线型,并做模型试验对各种方案进行验证和比较.     

双体汽车渡船跳板设计

本文概要介绍了双体汽车渡船跳板装置的组成、结构形式及其工作原理。     

双体集装箱船的改建设计

本文介绍了将闲置的双体客轮改建为双体集装箱船过程中,在改建设计时所遇到的技术难题及解决的方法,改建后双体集装箱船各方面性能良好。     

Development of a single-handed hydrofoil sailing catamaran

A new, high-speed, recreational dinghy has been developed. It is a catamaran with submerged hydrofoils, which allow the crew to control the trim and heel balances. The two hulls are allowed to rotate about a main beam. The hydrofoils, which are attached below each hull, change the angle of attack independently, and the difference between the lift forces acting on each hydrofoil makes the catamaran stable. The stability of the boat is examined by numerical calculations and one-third scale model tests. Received: September 14, 2000 / Accepted: July 3, 2001