L2-Sea model

Overview

The model provides the calm-water total resistance of a destroyer-type vessel as a function of the advancing speed (Froude number) and up to 14 design variables for the shape modification. The parent vessel under investigation is the DTMB 5415, an hull-form widley used for towing tank experiments, computational fluid dynamics studies, and shape optimization. The model is available as an open-source fortran code for the solution of potential flow equations at CNR-INM, MAO Research Group repository.

Authors

• Andrea Serani

• Matteo Diez

Run

docker run -it -p 4242:4242 linusseelinger/model-l2-sea

Properties

Model	Description
forward	l2-sea

forward

Mapping	Dimensions	Description
input	[16]	The first input is the Froude number (from 0.25 to 0.41); the second is the draft (from -6.776 to -5.544); the other 14 are the \(x\) design variables for the shape modification with \(-1\leq x_i \leq 1\) for \(i=1,\dots,14\).
output	[5]	The first output is the model scale total resistance (\(R_\mathrm{T}\)) in Newton, whereas the other four are geometrical constraints (negative to be satisfied), related to the beam, draft, and sonar dome dimensions.

Feature	Supported
Evaluate	True
Gradient	False
ApplyJacobian	False
ApplyHessian	False

Config	Type	Default	Description
fidelity	integer	1	Fidelity level for the total resistance evaluation associated to the numerical grid discretization. Fidelity goes from 1 to 7, where 1 is highest-fidelity level (finest grid) and 7 is the lowest-fidelity level (coarsest grid).
sinkoff	character	‘y’	Enabling hydrodynamics coupling with the rigid-body equation of motions for the ship sinkage. ‘n’ enables, ‘y’ disables.
trimoff	character	‘y’	Enabling hydrodynamics coupling with the rigid-body equation of motions for the ship trim. ‘n’ enables, ‘y’ disables.

Mount directories

Mount directory	Purpose
/output	\texttt{ASCII} files for visualization of pressure distribution along the hull \texttt{pre\textit{XXXX}.plt} and free-surface \texttt{intfr\textit{XXXX}.plt} formatted for Tecplot and Paraview, where \texttt{\textit{XXXX}} is the Froude number.

Source code

Model sources here.

Description

This model describes the calm-water resistance of a destroyer-type vessel by potential flow. Specifically, the vessel under investigation is the DTMB 5415 (at model scale), which is a widely used benchmark for towing tank experiments, CFD studies, and hull-form optimization, considering both deterministic and stochastic formulations.

Potential flow solver is used to evaluate the hydrodynamic loads, based on the Laplacian equation

(1)\[\begin{equation} \nabla^2\phi = 0 \end{equation}\]

where \(\phi\) is the velocity scalar potential, satisfying \(\mathbf{u}=\nabla\phi\) and \(\mathbf{u}\) is the flow velocity vector. The velocity potential \(\phi\) is evaluated numerically through the Dawson linearization of the potential flow equations, using the boundary element method. Finally, the total resistance is estimated as the sum of the wave and the frictional resistance: the wave resistance component is estimated by integrating the pressure distribution over the hull surface, obtained using the Bernoulli theorem

(2)\[\begin{equation} \frac{p}{\rho} + \frac{\left(\nabla\phi\right)^2}{2}-gz = cost; \end{equation}\]

the frictional resistance component is estimated using a flat-plate approximation based on the local Reynolds number.

The steady 2 degrees of freedom (sinkage and trim) equilibrium is achieved considering iteratively the coupling between the hydrodynamic loads and the rigid-body equation of motion.

The model can exploit multiple grid discretization levels, whose details can be found in Pellegrini et al. (2022).