Modeling the effect of sloshing on

ship motions
Tim Bunnik, MARIN

Contents

Problem definition
Linear diffraction method for sloshing effect on
ship motions
ComFLOW coupling to ship motion code for
sloshing effect on ship motions
Conclusions

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Problem definition

Francescutto and Contento, ISOPE 1994

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Problem definition
R0

R1

R2

R3

Gaillarde, RINA 2004

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Problem definition
4
closed tank
open tank

3.5

roll RAO [rad/m]

3
2.5
2
1.5
1
0.5
0
2

4
5
6
frequency [rad/s]

Molin, OMAE 2008. This dataset was used for validation.

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Linear Diffraction Method

Potential flow
Boundary element method
Small ship motions and waves MARIN program DIFFRAC

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Linear Diffraction Method

Water in the tank is modeled as
1. Rigid mass+
2. Frequency dependent added mass+
3. Hydrostatic restoring force (GM free-surface correction)
There is no damping force from the tank since there is no
radiation of waves
Computation on model scale

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Linear Diffraction Method

Sloshing modes

n=1

n=2

Odd sloshing modes

unbounded in linear diffraction
theory
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Linear Diffraction Method

barge with open tank containing 29 cm of water

roll added mass/roll inertia [-]

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Additional damping
on free surface

DIFFRAC =0
DIFFRAC =0.01
DIFFRAC =0.02

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10

1 i

-5
0

4
6
8
10
12
frequency [rad/s]
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Linear Diffraction Method

Roll RAO with

closed water tank
Very good!

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Linear Diffraction Method

Roll RAO with

open tank
Reasonable, but
far from perfect

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ComFLOW coupling for ship motions

Old situation:
0.6

0.4

0.2

0
0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

Comflow.exe

Sloshing loads

-0.2

-0.4

-0.6

Pre-defined motions
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ComFLOW coupling for ship motions

New situation:

Body motion program

F=m * a
Motions
Velocities
Accelerations

Sloshing loads

Comflow.lib
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ComFLOW coupling for ship motions

Interface routines:

STEP_IN_TIME()
get_time(T_comflow,TMAX)
set_moving_frame(T_next, motion, velocity, acceleration)
get_force_FRCBX(iBOX, FORCE, MOMENT, x, y, z)
Coupling made with aNySIM: In-house code for time-domain
simulation of ship motions
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ComFLOW coupling for ship motions

Linear diffraction analysis for the barge

The sloshing tank is modeled with ComFLOW

2D 1-phase simulations (1 cell in longitudinal direction)
Simulations on model scale
400 seconds irregular beam waves to determine roll RAO
Hs=0.06 m Tp=1.6 s
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ComFLOW coupling for ship motions

Very coarse grid (20x12) ~ hours

Coarse grid (40x23) ~ 1 day
Fine grid (80x46) ~ 3 days
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ComFLOW coupling for ship motions

Closed tanks seastate irr1.
4
aNySIM-ComFLOW very
coarse
Molin [2008]

3.5

roll RAO [rad/m]

Closed tank
Water modelled with
ComFLOW
No free surface

2.5
2
1.5
1
0.5
0
3

5
6
frequency [rad/s]

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ComFLOW coupling for ship motions

Flat roof 16 cm above still water level. Seastate irr1.
4
aNySIM-ComFLOW very coarse
aNySIM-ComFLOW coarse
aNySIM-ComFLOW fine
Molin [2008]

3.5

roll RAO [rad/m]

Open tank, airgap 16 cm

Good agreement
Small grid effects

2.5
2
1.5
1
0.5
0
3

5
6
frequency [rad/s]

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Conclusions
Coupling between ComFLOW and ship motion code (aNySIM) is
working well
Reasonable results Molin dataset with linear diffraction method
Good results Molin dataset with ComFLOW/aNySIM method
ComFLOW library with interfaces will be made available in the first
deliverable of ComFLOW-3, so users can couple it to their own
simulation programs

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The end

Next JIP week

19-23 April 2010 - Aberdeen
Dinner
Gather 19.00 in lobby

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