Energy Efficient Safe Ship Operation (SHOPERA)

Added resistance using Salvesen–Tuck–Faltinsen strip theory and the Kochin function

“…The geometry and the strip discretisation for this vessel is shown in Figure 2d. The experimental data and the CFD calculations for F r = 0.142 are all from the results of the SHOPERA project in [50,51]. The Kochin functions of the three integrals are also plotted in Appendix C.1 for F r = 0.14 and λ/L = 1.26, τ = 0.41.…”

Unsteady RANS CFD simulations of ship manoeuvrability and course keeping control under various wave height conditions

“…However, to date, current research on the effect of wave heights on a ship's manoeuvring performance has been highly limited in number as well as in scope. Extensive experimental and numerical investigations on the manoeuvrability of a vessel in waves were performed within the European funded Project SHOPERA, as presented in Papanikolaou et al (2015); el ; ; Sprenger et al (2016). In their research, the manoeuvring characteristics of the KVLCC2 and DTC ship models were comprehensively investigated in different wave conditions (parameters of variation: wave direction, wave period, wave height), contributing to the establishment of a benchmark and validation database regarding manoeuvring problems in waves.…”