Measurement of Transient Flow Induced by a Berthing barge

Abstract

The Navy is developing a numerical solution that uses the Chimera RANS/free-surface technique to address the critical features of transient flow around a berthing ship. Experimental data required to validate the ship berthing model were collected during scale model tests conducted at a shallow water model basin. The test setup included a towing carriage traveling on rail guides used to power a scale model barge toward the modeled quay wall. The test matrix included three different values of water depth, approach speed, and approach angle. Acoustic doppler velocity meters were used to measure water particle velocity. The scale model barge was found to draw a significant volume of water behind, and push a measurable volume before, as it approached the quay wall.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA354106

Entities

People

  • C. H. Kim
  • D. A. Davis
  • E. T. Huang
  • H. C. Chen

Organizations

  • Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Carriages
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Data Acquisition
  • Databases
  • Experimental Data
  • Fluids
  • Measurement
  • Model Basins
  • Model Tests
  • Particles
  • Scale Models
  • Shallow Water
  • Simulations
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional
  • Walls
  • Water

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Marine Hydrodynamics
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.