A Piecewise Model for Prediction of Large Amplitude Total Ship Roll Damping

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher C. Bassler ◽  
Arthur M. Reed ◽  
Alan J. Brown
Keyword(s):  
Large Amplitude ◽  
Roll Motion ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
Roll Damping ◽  
Damping Characteristics ◽  
Ship Roll ◽  
Piecewise Model ◽  
Physical Changes ◽  
Physical Phenomena ◽  
Bilge Keel

A piecewise model is presented to model total ship roll damping, with considerations for large amplitude roll motion effects, such as bilge keel interaction with the free-surface. The model is based on the consideration of distinct ship-specific physical phenomena, such as bilge keel emergence. Abrupt physical changes occur with these events, resulting in significant changes in the damping characteristics of the system. Without these considerations, roll motion may be under-predicted. Some additional considerations needed for the practical implementation of the proposed piecewise model are also discussed.

CFD Simulation of Roll Damping Characteristics of a Ship Mid-Section With Bilge Keel

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohsin A. R. Irkal ◽  
S. Nallayarasu ◽  
S. K. Bhattacharyya
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Dynamics ◽  
Cfd Simulation ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Ship Hull ◽  
Estimation Methods ◽  
Accurate Estimation ◽  
Roll Motion ◽  
Roll Damping ◽  
Damping Characteristics ◽  
Bilge Keel

The prediction of nonlinear roll motion of ships depends highly on the accurate estimation of roll damping. The nonlinear nature of roll damping arises from the viscous flow and the associated phenomenon of flow separation around the ship hull. Roll damping changes noticeably with a slight change in the ship hull geometry and appendages. The estimation methods employed in industry are highly empirical in nature. These empirical methods were derived from combinations of model tests conducted in wave flumes and basins, and some selected formulae used in fluid dynamics. These methods have limitations and the roll damping prediction show large variation with change in the ship parameters. The advances made in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) in recent times, and validation of the CFD results using experimental studies, can help in predicting roll motion and damping more accurately. The present work uses CFD as a tool to estimate roll damping of a ship mid-section with bilge keel with validation using published experimental results.

Ship Roll Motion Damping Using Bilge Keels – A Detailed CFD Investigation

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua Counsil ◽  
Kevin McTaggart ◽  
Dominic Groulx ◽  
Kiari Boulama
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Studies ◽  
The Body ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Roll Motion ◽  
Empirical Methods ◽  
Viscous Effects ◽  
Vortex Interactions ◽  
Ship Roll ◽  
Semi Empirical ◽  
Bilge Keel

A study has been undertaken to test the value of unsteady Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (URANS) and traditional semi-empirical methods in the face of complex ship roll phenomena, and provide insight into the selection of bilge keel span for varying roll amplitudes. The computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code STAR-CCM+ is employed and two-dimensional submerged bodies undergoing forced roll motion are analyzed. The spatial resolution and timestepping scheme are validated by comparison with published numerical and experimental studies. The model is then applied to a fully-submerged circular cylinder with bilge keels of varying span and undergoing roll motion at varying angular amplitudes. Extracted hydrodynamic coefficients indicate that in general, increasing displacement amplitude and bilge keel span yields increased added mass and increased damping. The relationship is complex and highly dependent upon vortex interactions with each other and the body. The semi-empirical methods used for comparison yield good predictions for simple vortex interactions but fail where viscous effects are strong. Hence, URANS methods are shown to be necessary for friction-dominated flows while semi-empirical methods remain useful for initial design considerations.

scholarly journals Bilge-Keel Influence on Free Decay of Roll Motion of a Realistic Hull1

2017 ◽  
Vol 139 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yichen Jiang ◽  
Ronald W. Yeung
Keyword(s):  
Free Surface ◽  
Fluid Motion ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Vortex Method ◽  
Roll Motion ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Desktop Computer ◽  
Roll Damping ◽  
Discrete Vortex ◽  
Bilge Keel

The prediction of roll motion of a ship with bilge keels is particularly difficult because of the nonlinear characteristics of the viscous roll damping. Flow separation and vortex shedding caused by bilge keels significantly affect the roll damping and hence the magnitude of the roll response. To predict the ship motion, the Slender-Ship Free-Surface Random-Vortex Method (SSFSRVM) was employed. It is a fast discrete-vortex free-surface viscous-flow solver developed to run on a standard desktop computer. It features a quasi-three-dimensional formulation that allows the decomposition of the three-dimensional ship-hull problem into a series of two-dimensional computational planes, in which the two-dimensional free-surface Navier–Stokes solver Free-Surface Random-Vortex Method (FSRVM) can be applied. In this paper, the effectiveness of SSFSRVM modeling is examined by comparing the time histories of free roll-decay motion resulting from simulations and from experimental measurements. Furthermore, the detailed two-dimensional vorticity distribution near a bilge keel obtained from the numerical model will also be compared with the existing experimental Digital Particle Image Velocimetry (DPIV) images. Next, we will report, based on the time-domain simulation of the coupled hull and fluid motion, how the roll-decay coefficients and the flow field are altered by the span of the bilge keels. Plots of vorticity contour and vorticity isosurface along the three-dimensional hull will be presented to reveal the motion of fluid particles and vortex filaments near the keels.

Influence of bilge-keel configuration on ship roll damping and roll response in waves

2020 ◽  
Vol 216 ◽  
pp. 107539
Author(s):  
Yichen Jiang ◽  
Yunfeng Ding ◽  
Yuan Sun ◽  
Yanlin Shao ◽  
Lei Sun
Keyword(s):  
Roll Damping ◽  
Ship Roll ◽  
Bilge Keel

Comparison of RANS Method and Discrete Vortex Method on Simulating the Roll Motion of a Ship With Bilge Keels

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yichen Jiang ◽  
Xiaojie Zhao ◽  
Zhihua Zeng ◽  
Tiezhi Sun ◽  
Jiawen Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Models ◽  
Vortex Method ◽  
Roll Motion ◽  
Fluid Viscosity ◽  
Roll Damping ◽  
Discrete Vortex ◽  
Discrete Vortex Method ◽  
Numerical Predictions ◽  
Bilge Keel ◽  
Rans Method

The prediction of roll motion of a ship section with bilge keels is particularly difficult because the flow separation and vortex shedding under the hull significantly affect the behavior of roll damping. To predict the roll damping and roll motion directly, the numerical models must simulate the fluid viscosity. Recently, Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS) method and Discrete Vortex Method (DVM) have been applied in this area and show promising results. In this paper, we will use both methods to simulate the free roll-decay motion of a ship section with bilge keels. The numerical predictions of the roll time histories will be compared with experimental measurements. Besides, the numerically-predicted vorticity distributions at different time instants near a bilge keel will be shown and compared. Moreover, the computation times for both numerical methods will also be reported. In this work, we will conduct the comparison for a number of cases that are with different bilge-keel heights and bilge-keel installation angles. Thus, the accuracies and the computational efficiencies will be evaluated comprehensively.

Modelling of Roll Damping Effects for a Fishing Vessel With Forward Speed

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. G. Aarsæther ◽  
D. Kristiansen ◽  
B. Su ◽  
C. Lugni
Keyword(s):  
Large Amplitude ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Roll Motion ◽  
Ship Motions ◽  
Limiting Factor ◽  
Real Problem ◽  
Forward Speed ◽  
Roll Damping ◽  
Damping Effects ◽  
Wave Induced

Vessels in the ocean-going fishing fleet are in general operating in almost all weather conditions. This includes operation in high sea-states which may lead to large amplitude ship motions, depending on the seakeeping characteristics of the vessel. Wave-induced ship motions are important factors for the safety and well-being of fishermen at work. Generally, potential flow theory overpredicts wave-induced roll motion amplitudes for conventional ship hulls. This is due to the presence of viscous damping effects in reality. Large amplitude roll motion of ships can be a real problem if no anti-rolling devices (e.g. bilge keels, anti-rolling tanks or roll-damping fins) are installed, as the roll damping coefficient of a ship is the limiting factor for the resonant roll motion amplitudes. The different components of roll damping for a ship at forward speed were investigated by Ikeda et al. [1], [2] and [3] and updated guidelines for numerical estimation of roll damping have been presented by the International Towing Tank Conference [4], where a component discrete type method for estimation of the damping is suggested. The different roll-damping components of Ikeda et al. has been complemented by skeg damping for smooth hulls [5]. This paper presents comparison between model experiments and the numerical results obtained from the guidelines [4] where the effects of bilge-keels and skeg are isolated.

Damping Coefficients for Extreme Rolling and Capsize: An Analytical Approach

2000 ◽  
Vol 44 (01) ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. J. Spyrou ◽  
J. M. T. Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Hamiltonian System ◽  
Closed Form ◽  
Large Amplitude ◽  
Analytical Approach ◽  
Roll Motion ◽  
Elliptic Type ◽  
Roll Damping ◽  
Damping Coefficients ◽  
Linear And Nonlinear ◽  
The Law

A method to identify the law of roll motion decay from extreme angles is presented based on perturbations of the elliptic-type solutions of the corresponding Hamiltonian system. Restoring polynomials up to the 7th order are considered. It is shown that the decay law can be expressed in closed form for up to quintic restoring. The method should be especially useful for deriving linear and nonlinear roll damping coefficients in the context of ship capsize investigations where the large amplitude behavior, near to the angle of vanishing stability, needs to be taken into account.

Analysis of Roll Motion due to Asymmetric Bilge Keels

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathan Tom ◽  
Robert Seah ◽  
Dominique Roddier
Keyword(s):  
Frequency Domain ◽  
Time Domain ◽  
Domain Analysis ◽  
Frequency Domain Analysis ◽  
Domain Model ◽  
Roll Motion ◽  
Roll Damping ◽  
Vessel Motion ◽  
Bilge Keel ◽  
Unequal Length

Traditional frequency domain based vessel motion analyses operate under the assumption that the roll damping contribution from the port and starboard bilge keels are equivalent. In this work, we examine the roll motion of a vessel with bilge keels of unequal length using a novel methodology. Experiments conducted during the FPSO Roll JIP suggest that waves approaching from port versus starboard will induce different motion amplitudes due to the unequal bilge keel length. We examine the results from different approaches, comparing the computed response from a frequency domain analysis against those provided by a time domain model using Orcaflex with bilge keel represented by drag elements.

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