简介:TheaddedresistanceofKVLCC2inshortandregularheadwaveshasbeenstudiedtheoreticallyandexperimentally.Modeltestsareperformedtodeterminehowwelltheasymptoticformula(Faltinsenetal.1980)predictsthetypicallevelofaddedresistanceinshortwaves.Becausetheasymptoticformulaneglectstheeffectsofshipmotions,itiscombinedwiththeoreticalmethodstocalculatetheaddedresistanceinlongwavesusinganfunctiontopredicttheaddedresistanceintheintermediatewavelengthregionwherebothshipmotionsandwavereflectionareimportant.Auniquefeatureofthisexperimentisthattheshipmodelisdividedintothreesegmentstoexploretheaddedresistancedistributionwithrespecttohullsegment.Thispaperdiscussesthesensitivityofexperimentalresultstothequalityoftheincidentregularheadwaves.Moreover,anovelprocedureforanalyzingaddedresistanceisdescribed.Finally,theexperimentallydeterminedaddedresistanceofKVLCC2iscomparedwiththeoreticalresults.Itisshownthattheaddedresistancefromthecombinedtheoreticalmethodsagreeswellwithexperimentalresultsinboththeintermediateandshortwaveregions.Theuseofhullsegmentsshowsthataddedresistanceisconcentratedprimarilyatthebow.
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简介:针对一种新型T型搅拌器,采用计算流体动力学(CFD)软件FLUENT,利用多重参考系法(MRF)对其的流场进行数值模拟:首先分析对比了T型搅拌器与开启式涡轮搅拌器和圆盘涡轮式搅拌器的湍流强度、搅拌槽内流场特性、时均速度分布和搅拌功率,结果表明T型搅拌器的流场分布较好,能够达到更好的混合效果;通过分析T型搅拌器在不同安装高度下的搅拌特性,确定了指定搅拌槽尺寸情况下最佳安装高度为150mm;最后计算了不同叶片数T型搅拌器的湍流强度分布和搅拌功率,得知槽内搅拌功率随着叶片数的增加而增大,3叶片数的T型搅拌器具有最优的湍流强度分布。本研究对分析和开发类似新型搅拌器有重要的参考意义。
简介:Whenabodynavigateswithcavityinshallowwater,bothflexiblefreesurfaceandrigidbottomwallwillproducegreatinfluencesonthecavityshapeandhydrodynamicperformances,andfurtheraffectthemotionattitudeandstabilityofthebody.Inthepresentwork,characteristicsofthenaturalcavitatingflowarounda2-Dsymmetricalwedgeinshallowwaterwereinvestigatedandtheinfluencesoftwotypeboundariesontheflowpatternwereanalyzed.TheVolumeOfFluid(VOF)multiphaseflowmethodwhichissuitableforfreesurfaceproblemswasutilized,coupledwithanaturalcavitationmodeltodealwiththemass-transferprocessbetweenliquidandvaporphases.Withintherangeofthecavitationnumberforcomputation(0.07-1.81),thecavityconfigurationswouldbedividedintothreetypes,viz.,stabletype,transitiontypeandwake-vortextype.Inthisarticle,theshapesofthefreesurfaceandthecavitysurface,andthehydrodynamicperformanceofthewedgewerediscussedundertheconditionsofrelativelysmallcavitationnumber(<0.256).Thepresentnumericalcavitylengthsgenerallyaccordwithexperimentaldata.Whenthecavitationnumberwasdecreased,thecavitywasfoundtobecomelongerandthicker,andthescopeofthedeformationofthefreesurfacealsograduallyextends.Thefreesurfaceandtheuppercavitysurfacecorrespondfairlytotheirshapes.However,thelowersideofthecavitysurfacewasratherleveledduetotheinfluenceofwallboundary.Theliftanddragcoefficientsofthis2-Dwedgebasicallykeeplinearrelationswiththenaturalcavitationnumbersmallerthan0.157,whereasdirectproportionfordragandinverseproportionforlift.