Prediction of orifice flow flooding rates through generic orifices
- Started
- 1st October 2007
- Ended
- 1st October 2011
- Research Team
- Christian Wood, Adam Sobey
- Investigators
- Dominic Hudson, Ming-yi Tan
Validation experiment CAD drawing
This presearch concentrates on the modelling of compartment flooding rates following the occurrence of damage in a ship's side shell. Typical state of the art flooding models use Torricelli’s formula to calculate flooding rates using a constant co-efficient of discharge (Cd). Based on Bernoulli’s theorem, turbulence and viscosity effects are not included using a Cd independent of damage shape or size. Previous work indicates that this assumption over-simplifies the problem to an extent where the flooding rates used for calculation are in error. This project will use CFD validated by experiment to calculate flooding rates for a large number of cases from which a 'krigged' response surface will be generated. Validity of the subsequent response surface will be interrogated.
Categories
Physical Systems and Engineering simulation: CFD, Turbulence
Algorithms and computational methods: Artificial Neural Networks, Finite volume, Monte Carlo, Multigrid solvers
Simulation software: Star CCM+
Programming languages and libraries: Matlab
Computational platforms: Iridis, Windows
Transdisciplinary tags: HPC, Scientific Computing