A collaborative platform for integrating and optimising Computational Fluid Dynamics analysis requests

  • Authors:

  • R. I. Whitfield;A. H. B. Duffy;S. Gatchell;J. Marzi;W. Wang

  • Affiliations:

  • Leonardo Centre, University of Strathclyde, Department of Design, Manufacture and Engineering Management, 75 Montrose Street, Glasgow, G11XJ, UK;Leonardo Centre, University of Strathclyde, Department of Design, Manufacture and Engineering Management, 75 Montrose Street, Glasgow, G11XJ, UK;HSVA Hamburgische Schiffbau-Versuchsanstalt GmbH, Bramfelder Str. 164, D-22305, Hamburg, Germany;HSVA Hamburgische Schiffbau-Versuchsanstalt GmbH, Bramfelder Str. 164, D-22305, Hamburg, Germany;Leonardo Centre, University of Strathclyde, Department of Design, Manufacture and Engineering Management, 75 Montrose Street, Glasgow, G11XJ, UK

  • Venue:
  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

A Virtual Integration Platform (VIP) is described which provides support for the integration of Computer-Aided Design (CAD) and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis tools into an environment that supports the use of these tools in a distributed collaborative manner. The VIP has evolved through previous EU research conducted within the VRShips-ROPAX 2000 (VRShips) project and the current version discussed here was developed predominantly within the VIRTUE project but also within the SAFEDOR project. The VIP is described with respect to the support it provides to designers and analysts in co-ordinating and optimising CFD analysis requests. Two case studies are provided that illustrate the application of the VIP within HSVA: the use of a panel code for the evaluation of geometry variations in order to improve propeller efficiency, and the use of a dedicated maritime RANS code (FreSCo) to improve the wake distribution for the VIRTUE tanker. A discussion is included detailing the background, application and results from the use of the VIP within these two case studies as well as how the platform was of benefit during the development and a consideration of how it can benefit HSVA in the future.