Numerical Simulation Flow Around The 4600DWT Cargo Ship in Calm Water Condition Using RANSE Method

Abstract

Information about the flow field around the ship may enable the designers to improve ship hull form concerning ship hydrodynamics. The flow around the ship can be obtained through model tests in towing tank and simulations. However, the experimental method provides the most reliable data about flow around the ship, but this method is too expensive and time-consuming. Currently, the RANSE (Reynolds – averaged Navier – Stokes equation) method has been widely employed in predicting the ship resistance and flow around the ship in the ship design process due to it provides relatively accurate results, savings in time and money compared to the experimental method. Therefore, this paper deals with the numerical results of the study flow around the 4600DWT cargo ship, which operate on Vietnam’s river-sea routes in calm water condition at different ship speeds using the RANSE method. The effect of ship speed on ship resistance components, wave pattern, wave profile along the ship, distribution of dynamic pressure, and wall shear stress on the ship’s hull surface and nominal wake field are presented and analysed in the paper.