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The author has provided the reader with comprehensive coverage of ship hydrodynamics with a focus on numerical methods now in use. The book provides a global overview of experimental and numerical methods for ship resistance and propulsion, manoeuvring and seakeeping. As boundary element techniques are now in standard use, these are covered in sufficient detail for independent code development. The book is divided into seven chapters. Chapter one contains an overview of problems and approaches, including the basics of model and full scale testing. An introduction to computational fluid dynamics is given, including a discussion of applications. The next four chapters cover the subjects: propellers, resistance and propulsion, seakeeping and manoeuvring. These chapters present basic methods, such as model testing, extrapolation to full scale, and procedures for design. Substantial parts of each chapter include numerical methods and their applications. The last two chapters are devoted to boundary element methods for resistance and seakeeping.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Preface (p. ix)
• Chapter 1 Introduction
• 1.1 Overview of problems and approaches (p. 1)
• 1.2 Model tests--similarity laws (p. 4)
• 1.3 Full-scale trials (p. 8)
• 1.4 Numerical approaches (computational fluid dynamics) (p. 9)
• 1.4.1 Basic equations (p. 9)
• 1.4.2 Basic CFD techniques (p. 14)
• 1.4.3 Applications (p. 15)
• 1.4.4 Cost and value aspects of CFD (p. 19)
• 1.5 Viscous flow computations (p. 22)
• 1.5.1 Turbulence models (p. 23)
• 1.5.2 Boundary conditions (p. 26)
• 1.5.3 Free-surface treatment (p. 28)
• 1.5.4 Further details (p. 29)
• 1.5.5 Multigrid method (p. 31)
• 1.5.6 Numerical approximations (p. 32)
• 1.5.7 Grid generation (p. 34)
• Chapter 2 Propellers
• 2.1 Introduction (p. 37)
• 2.2 Propeller curves (p. 39)
• 2.3 Analysis of propeller flows (p. 42)
• 2.3.1 Overview of methods (p. 42)
• 2.3.2 Momentum theory (p. 44)
• 2.3.3 Lifting-line methods (p. 45)
• 2.3.4 Lifting-surface methods (p. 46)
• 2.3.5 Boundary element methods (p. 49)
• 2.3.6 Field methods (p. 50)
• 2.4 Cavitation (p. 51)
• 2.5 Experimental approach (p. 54)
• 2.5.1 Cavitation tunnels (p. 54)
• 2.5.2 Open-water tests (p. 55)
• 2.5.3 Cavitation tests (p. 56)
• 2.6 Propeller design procedure (p. 56)
• 2.7 Propeller-induced pressures (p. 60)
• Chapter 3 Resistance and propulsion
• 3.1 Resistance and propulsion concepts (p. 62)
• 3.1.1 Interaction between ship and propeller (p. 62)
• 3.1.2 Decomposition of resistance (p. 65)
• 3.2 Experimental approach (p. 68)
• 3.2.1 Towing tanks and experimental set-up (p. 68)
• 3.2.2 Resistance test (p. 69)
• 3.2.3 Method ITTC 1957 (p. 71)
• 3.2.4 Method of Hughes--Prohaska (p. 73)
• 3.2.5 Method ITTC 1978 (p. 74)
• 3.2.6 Geosim method of Telfer (p. 75)
• 3.2.7 Propulsion test (p. 75)
• 3.2.8 ITTC 1978 performance prediction method (p. 76)
• 3.3 Additional resistance under service conditions (p. 80)
• 3.4 Simple design approaches (p. 83)
• 3.5 CFD approaches for steady flow (p. 83)
• 3.5.1 Wave resistance computations (p. 83)
• 3.5.2 Viscous flow computations (p. 90)
• 3.6 Problems for fast and unconventional ships (p. 91)
• 3.7 Exercises: resistance and propulsion (p. 95)
• Chapter 4 Ship seakeeping
• 4.1 Introduction (p. 98)
• 4.2 Experimental approaches (model and full scale) (p. 99)
• 4.3 Waves and seaway (p. 101)
• 4.3.1 Airy waves (harmonic waves of small amplitude) (p. 101)
• 4.3.2 Natural seaway (p. 106)
• 4.3.3 Wind and seaway (p. 109)
• 4.3.4 Wave climate (p. 115)
• 4.4 Numerical prediction of ship seakeeping (p. 117)
• 4.4.1 Overview of computational methods (p. 117)
• 4.4.2 Strip method (p. 121)
• 4.4.3 Rankine singularity methods (p. 127)
• 4.4.4 Problems for fast and unconventional ships (p. 130)
• 4.4.5 Further quantities in regular waves (p. 132)
• 4.4.6 Ship responses in stationary seaway (p. 132)
• 4.4.7 Simulation methods (p. 134)
• 4.4.8 Long-term distributions (p. 136)
• 4.5 Slamming (p. 138)
• 4.6 Exercises: seakeeping (p. 146)
• Discourse: hydrodynamic mass (p. 148)
• Chapter 5 Ship manoeuvring
• 5.1 Introduction (p. 151)
• 5.2 Simulation of manoeuvring with known coefficients (p. 152)
• 5.2.1 Introduction and definitions (p. 152)
• 5.2.2 Force coefficients (p. 153)
• 5.2.3 Physical explanation and force estimation (p. 158)
• 5.2.4 Influence of heel (p. 163)
• 5.2.5 Shallow water and other influences (p. 164)
• 5.2.6 Stopping (p. 164)
• 5.2.7 Jet thrusters (p. 165)
• 5.2.8 CFD for ship manoeuvring (p. 166)
• 5.3 Experimental approaches (p. 169)
• 5.3.1 Manoeuvring tests for full-scale ships in sea trials (p. 169)
• 5.3.2 Model tests (p. 175)
• 5.4 Rudders (p. 177)
• 5.4.1 General remarks and definitions (p. 177)
• 5.4.2 Fundamental hydrodynamic aspects of rudders and simple estimates (p. 181)
• 5.4.3 Rudder types (p. 188)
• 5.4.4 Interaction of rudder and propeller (p. 190)
• 5.4.5 Interaction of rudder and ship hull (p. 193)
• 5.4.6 Rudder caviation (p. 195)
• 5.4.7 Rudder design (p. 200)
• 5.4.8 CFD for rudder flows and conclusions for rudder design (p. 201)
• 5.5 Exercises: manoeuvring (p. 203)
• Chapter 6 Boundary element methods
• 6.1 Introduction (p. 207)
• 6.2 Source elements (p. 209)
• 6.2.1 Point source (p. 209)
• 6.2.2 Regular first-order panel (p. 211)
• 6.2.3 Jensen panel (p. 215)
• 6.2.4 Higher-order panel (p. 218)
• 6.3 Vortex elements (p. 223)
• 6.4 Dipole elements (p. 226)
• 6.4.1 Point dipole (p. 226)
• 6.4.2 Thiart element (p. 227)
• 6.5 Special techniques (p. 229)
• 6.5.1 Desingularization (p. 229)
• 6.5.2 Patch method (p. 230)
• Chapter 7 Numerical example for BEM
• 7.1 Two-dimensional flow around a body in infinite fluid (p. 236)
• 7.1.1 Theory (p. 236)
• 7.1.2 Numerical implementation (p. 237)
• 7.2 Two-dimensional wave resistance problem (p. 238)
• 7.2.1 Theory (p. 238)
• 7.2.2 Numerical implementation (p. 241)
• 7.3 Three-dimensional wave resistance problem (p. 242)
• 7.3.1 Theory (p. 242)
• 7.3.2 Numerical implementation (p. 247)
• 7.4 Strip method module (two dimensional) (p. 250)
• 7.5 Rankine panel method in the frequency domain (p. 253)
• 7.5.1 Theory (p. 253)
• 7.5.2 Numerical implementation (p. 261)
• References (p. 265)
• Index (p. 269)

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