Numerical Investigation of Motion Response of Two Model Ships in Regular Waves

In this paper, the sea keeping performances of two model ships in regular waves are studied by our in-house solver naoe-FOAM-SJTU based on OpenFOAM code package. Volume of Fluid (VOF) method is used to capture the free interface and Finite Volume Method (FVM) is adopted as the discretization scheme. Different wave conditions are set by the wave generation and damping module in the solver. The heave and pitch are simulated, and green water is found during the ship motion. The function of bulbous bow for that is discussed. (C) 2015 Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).