简介:Fishareabletomakegooduseofvortices.Inacomplexflowfield,manyfishcontinuetomaintainbothefficientcruisingandmaneuverability.Traditionalman-madepropulsionsystemsperformpoorlyincomplexflowfields.Withfish-likepropulsionsystems,itisimportanttopaymoreattentiontocomplexflowfields.Inthispaper,theinfluenceofvorticesonthehydrodynamicperformanceof2-Dflapping-foilswasinvestigated.Theflapping-foilheavedandpitchedundertheinfluenceofinflowvorticesgeneratedbyanoscillatingD-sectioncylinder.Anumericalsimulationwasrunbasedthefinitevolumemethod,usingthecomputationalfluiddynamics(CFD)softwareFLUENTwithReynolds-averagedNavier-Stokes(RANS)equationsapplied.Inaddition,dynamicmeshtechnologyandpostprocessingsystemswerealsofullyused.Thecalculationsshowedfourmodesofinteraction.Thehydrodynamicperformanceofflapping-foilswasanalyzedandtheresultscomparedwithexperimentaldata.Thisvalidatedthenumericalsimulation,confirmingthatflapping-foilscanincreaseefficiencybyabsorbingenergyfrominflowvortices.
简介:Inordertostudytheeffectsofgeometricparametersoftherudderonthehydrodynamicperformanceofthepropeller-ruddersystem,thesurfacepanelmethodisusedtobuildthenumericalmodelofthesteadyinteractionbetweenthepropellerandruddertoanalyzetherelevantfactors.Theinteractionbetweenthepropellerandrudderisconsideredthroughtheinducedvelocities,whicharecircumferentiallyaveraged,sotheunsteadyproblemistranslatedtosteadystate.Aniterativecalculationmethodisuseduntilthehydrodynamicperformanceconverges.Firstly,thehydrodynamicperformanceofthechosenpropeller-ruddersystemiscalculated,andthecomparisonbetweenthecalculatedresultsandtheexperimentaldataindicatesthatthecalculationprogramisreliable.Then,thevariableparametersofrudderareinvestigated,andthecalculationresultsshowthatthepropeller-rudderspacinghasanegativerelationshipwiththeefficiencyofthepropeller-ruddersystem,andtherudderspanhasanoptimalmatchrangewiththepropellerdiameter.Futhermore,therudderchordandthicknessbothhaveapositivecorrelationwiththehydrodynamicperformanceofthepropeller-ruddersystem.
简介:Wavediffractionoftwoconcentricporouscylinderswithvaryingporositywasstudiedbyusingananalyticalmethodbasedoneigenfunctionmatching.Thefluiddomainaroundthecylindersisdividedintothreesub-domainsandineachsub-domainaneigenfunctionexpansionofthevelocitypotentialisobtainedbysatisfyingtheLaplaceequation,theboundaryconditionsonthefreesurfaceandontheseabed.Theunknowncoefficientsofeigenfunctionexpansionsaredeterminedbyboundaryconditionsontheporoushulls.Inthepaper,theboundaryconditionsarebasedupontheassumptionthattheflowintheporousmediumisgovernedbyDarcy’slaw.Twoporous-effectparametersappliedontwoporouscylindersarefunctionsoftheverticalcoordinateinsteadoftheconstant.Waveloadingontheouterandinnercylinderispresentedinthenumericalresults.