Designing Safer Ships Using Simulation: Ship-Hull Stability Prediction by ANSYS CFD

Marine surface vessels and industrial floating structures undergo rigorous stability tests. However, this helps to insure their maximum safety and operability under extreme weather conditions. Using ANSYS Fluent, we will demonstrate how CFD analysis can be used to gain insight into the stability performance of a representative Navy vessel. The free surface effects on the vessel are simulated using the Volume of Fluid Method. But, the vessel motion are resolved using the 6-DOF solver.