In ocean engineering, the applications are usually related to a free surface which brings so many interesting physical phenomena （e.g. water waves, impacts, splashing jets, etc.）. To model these complex free surface...In ocean engineering, the applications are usually related to a free surface which brings so many interesting physical phenomena （e.g. water waves, impacts, splashing jets, etc.）. To model these complex free surface flows is a tough and challenging task for most computational fluid dynamics （CFD） solvers which work in the Eulerian framework. As a Lagrangian and meshless method, smoothed particle hydrodynamics （SPH） offers a convenient tracking for different complex boundaries and a straightforward satisfaction for different boundary conditions. Therefore SPH is robust in modeling complex hydrodynamic problems characterized by free surface boundaries, multiphase interfaces or material discontinuities. Along with the rapid development of the SPH theory, related numerical techniques and high-performance computing technologies, SPH has not only attracted much attention in the academic community, but also gradually gained wide applications in industrial circles. This paper is dedicated to a review of the recent developments of SPH method and its typical applications in fluid-structure interactions in ocean engineering. Different numerical techniques for improving numerical accuracy, satisfying different boundary conditions, improving computational efficie- ncy, suppressing pressure fluctuations and preventing the tensile instability, etc., are introduced. In the numerical results, various typical fluid-structure interaction problems or multiphase problems in ocean engineering are described, modeled and validated. The prospective developments of SPH in ocean engineering are also discussed.展开更多
The violent water entry of flat plates is investigated using a Riemann-arbitrary Eulerian-Lagrangian（ALE） smoothed particle hydrodynamics（SPH） model. The test conditions are of interest for problems related to air...The violent water entry of flat plates is investigated using a Riemann-arbitrary Eulerian-Lagrangian（ALE） smoothed particle hydrodynamics（SPH） model. The test conditions are of interest for problems related to aircraft and helicopter emergency landing in water. Three main parameters are considered： the horizontal velocity, the approach angle（i.e., vertical to horizontal velocity ratio） and the pitch angle, a. Regarding the latter, small angles are considered in this study. As described in the theoretical work by Zhao and Faltinsen（1993）, for small a a very thin, high-speed jet of water is formed, and the time-spatial gradients of the pressure field are extremely high. These test conditions are very challenging for numerical solvers. In the present study an enhanced SPH model is firstly tested on a purely vertical impact with deadrise angle α=4°. An in-depth validation against analytical solutions and experimental results is carried out, highlighting the several critical aspects of the numerical modelling of this kind of flow, especially when pressure peaks are to be captured. A discussion on the main difficulties when comparing to model scale experiments is also provided. Then, the more realistic case of a plate with both horizontal and vertical velocity components is discussed and compared to ditching experiments recently carried out at CNR-INSEAN. In the latter case both 2-D and 3-D simulations are considered and the importance of 3-D effects on the pressure peak is discussed for α=4° and α=10°.展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foun-dation of China(Grant Nos.U1430236,51609049)the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(Grant No.2015M581432)the China Scholarship Council(CSC,Grant No.201506680004)
文摘In ocean engineering, the applications are usually related to a free surface which brings so many interesting physical phenomena （e.g. water waves, impacts, splashing jets, etc.）. To model these complex free surface flows is a tough and challenging task for most computational fluid dynamics （CFD） solvers which work in the Eulerian framework. As a Lagrangian and meshless method, smoothed particle hydrodynamics （SPH） offers a convenient tracking for different complex boundaries and a straightforward satisfaction for different boundary conditions. Therefore SPH is robust in modeling complex hydrodynamic problems characterized by free surface boundaries, multiphase interfaces or material discontinuities. Along with the rapid development of the SPH theory, related numerical techniques and high-performance computing technologies, SPH has not only attracted much attention in the academic community, but also gradually gained wide applications in industrial circles. This paper is dedicated to a review of the recent developments of SPH method and its typical applications in fluid-structure interactions in ocean engineering. Different numerical techniques for improving numerical accuracy, satisfying different boundary conditions, improving computational efficie- ncy, suppressing pressure fluctuations and preventing the tensile instability, etc., are introduced. In the numerical results, various typical fluid-structure interaction problems or multiphase problems in ocean engineering are described, modeled and validated. The prospective developments of SPH in ocean engineering are also discussed.
基金partially received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme (Grant No. 724139)
文摘The violent water entry of flat plates is investigated using a Riemann-arbitrary Eulerian-Lagrangian（ALE） smoothed particle hydrodynamics（SPH） model. The test conditions are of interest for problems related to aircraft and helicopter emergency landing in water. Three main parameters are considered： the horizontal velocity, the approach angle（i.e., vertical to horizontal velocity ratio） and the pitch angle, a. Regarding the latter, small angles are considered in this study. As described in the theoretical work by Zhao and Faltinsen（1993）, for small a a very thin, high-speed jet of water is formed, and the time-spatial gradients of the pressure field are extremely high. These test conditions are very challenging for numerical solvers. In the present study an enhanced SPH model is firstly tested on a purely vertical impact with deadrise angle α=4°. An in-depth validation against analytical solutions and experimental results is carried out, highlighting the several critical aspects of the numerical modelling of this kind of flow, especially when pressure peaks are to be captured. A discussion on the main difficulties when comparing to model scale experiments is also provided. Then, the more realistic case of a plate with both horizontal and vertical velocity components is discussed and compared to ditching experiments recently carried out at CNR-INSEAN. In the latter case both 2-D and 3-D simulations are considered and the importance of 3-D effects on the pressure peak is discussed for α=4° and α=10°.
