DNV GL Brings CFD to Every Desktop - The Maritime Executive

DNV GL?s new ?Virtual Trial? application allows yards and owners to use computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation to analyze, ... news features Podcasts magazine newsletter blogs directory Jobs advertise subscribe SuezCanalReportsaRecord$7BinEarningsfor2021-22 Published by TheMaritimeExecutive IngallsisHiringfor2,000ShipbuildingPositions Published by TheMaritimeExecutive Spare-PartsShortagePutsNewIcebreakerNuyinaOutofService Published by TheMaritimeExecutive USRetailImportsHitNewHighinMayonTracktoRecordfor2022 Published by TheMaritimeExecutive 587 Views DNVGLBringsCFDtoEveryDesktop Published Oct12,20174:46PM by TheMaritimeExecutive DNVGL’snew“VirtualTrial”applicationallowsyardsandownerstousecomputationalfluiddynamics(CFD)simulationtoanalyze,compareandbenchmarkthefuelefficiencyofhulldesignvariantsatfull-scale.Theresultsareavailablewithinoneweek,inaweb-basedreportwhereuserscanseetheCFDresultsandhulllinesin3Dandgainmoreinsightintoflowdetails. AsCFDsimulationtechnologyhasmaturedithasbecomeaviablealternativetotraditionalmodelbasintests,whilereducingleadtimeandcosts.However,thecomputerresourcesandexpertknowhowtodesignandcarryoutsuchtestsarestillnotwidespread. “WhatwehavedonewithVirtualTrialistoletourcustomersrunCFDsimulations,withouthavingtoinvestinCFDexpertise,”saysCarstenHahn,ProductManageratDNVGL–Maritime.“Virtualtrialscanbelaunchedincompleteanonymity,fromanywhere,atanytime,bysimplyuploadingthehullgeometryfileanddefiningtheoperatingprofile.” TheVirtualTrialapplication,removestheneedforexpertsupportbystreamliningandautomatingtheCFDsimulationprocess.WithouttheneedforanyCFDspecificinput,userscanconductfullyautomatedfull-scaleRANSE(Reynolds-averagedNavier-Stokesequations)VoF(VolumeofFluid)CFDsimulationsontheresistanceandpropulsionoftheirvessel.Userscanuploadindividualvesselhullforms,runsimulationswithpre-setparametersandtheneasilycomparetheirresultsagainsttheresultsofsimilarvesselsintheVirtualTrialdatabase.Whetherforanewbuildingorretrofitproject,VirtualTrialreducesthebarrierstofull-scaleCFDsimulationtestingandcomparativebenchmarking. “WeseemanypotentialusesoftheVirtualTrialapplication,”saysUweHollenbach,DNVGL-Maritime.“Designofficesandshipyardscananalyzeandbenchmarkdifferenthulloptionsduringtheconceptualdesignphase,thentrackhowdesignchangesaffectavessel’shydrodynamicperformance.Shipownerscaneasilycomparecompetingdesignproposalsduringthebiddingprocess,gaininganimpartialassessmentofthedesignsatafractionofthecostandleadtimeofmodeltests.Forvesselsinservice,itcouldevenactasaperformancecertificate,showingpotentialcharterersorbuyershowavesselmightperformwithintheiroperatingprofile.” TheproductsandserviceshereindescribedinthispressreleasearenotendorsedbyTheMaritimeExecutive. 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