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Wnek, A.D., Sutulo, S. and Guedes Soares, C. (2018), “CFD analysis of ship-to-ship hydrodynamic interaction”, Journal Marine Science and Application, Vol. 17, pp. 21-37

A numerical study of two ships interaction forces was performed using a commercial CFD code and the results were compared with experimental data and with a panel method results. Two ship models have been used in the interaction forces analysis: a smaller tug and a larger tanker, located parallel to each other with different lateral distances and two different Froude numbers were taken into account in the calculations. Computations were carried out based on four different flow models: inviscid and viscous flow with rigid wall, inviscid and viscous flow with free surface. A good agreement has been reached comparing numerical results with experimental data and results obtained by panel method. The influence of viscosity in the computations was comparatively weak, while the free surface effects gave big difference comparing the results of flows with rigid wall.

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