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A FEM-Matlab code for fluid-structure interaction coupling with application to sail aerodynamics of yachts

A FEM-Matlab code for fluid-structure interaction coupling with application to sail aerodynamics of yachts
A FEM-Matlab code for fluid-structure interaction coupling with application to sail aerodynamics of yachts
A Matlab-FEM code has been developed for deformation analysis of sails as a MSc final project. Sails are modelled as isotropic homogeneous membranes reinforced with cables. The problem, fully non-linear, is resolved by assembling the global stiffness matrix of a mesh of membrane and cable elements in the MatlabTM environment to get an N-equations N-unknowns system. The solution is found with a Quasi- Newton solver. Validation has been performed by comparing numerical results obtained from the developed code with analytical solutions of geometrically simple cases and with experimental data from tests carried out in the DINAV Ship Structures laboratory. A full Fluid Structure Interaction (FSI) analysis of a main sail has been carried out coupling the code with an aerodynamics panel code developed as another MSc final project (Vernengo, 2008). The result is in accordance with the physics of the phenomena and engineering judgment.
sail aerodynamics, fem, cfd, fluid-structure interaction
9789755613581
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İTÜ Faculty of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
Trimarchi, D.
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Rizzo, C.M.
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Gören, Ömer
Okan, Barbaros
Karakaş, Şafak C.
Trimarchi, D.
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Rizzo, C.M.
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Gören, Ömer
Okan, Barbaros
Karakaş, Şafak C.

Trimarchi, D. and Rizzo, C.M. (2009) A FEM-Matlab code for fluid-structure interaction coupling with application to sail aerodynamics of yachts. Gören, Ömer, Okan, Barbaros and Karakaş, Şafak C. (eds.) In 13th International Congress of International Maritime Association of Mediterranean (IMAM2009), Towards the Sustainable Marine Technology. 12 – 15 October, 2009, ?stanbul, Turkey. Proceedings Vol.III. İTÜ Faculty of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering. pp. 907-916 .

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A Matlab-FEM code has been developed for deformation analysis of sails as a MSc final project. Sails are modelled as isotropic homogeneous membranes reinforced with cables. The problem, fully non-linear, is resolved by assembling the global stiffness matrix of a mesh of membrane and cable elements in the MatlabTM environment to get an N-equations N-unknowns system. The solution is found with a Quasi- Newton solver. Validation has been performed by comparing numerical results obtained from the developed code with analytical solutions of geometrically simple cases and with experimental data from tests carried out in the DINAV Ship Structures laboratory. A full Fluid Structure Interaction (FSI) analysis of a main sail has been carried out coupling the code with an aerodynamics panel code developed as another MSc final project (Vernengo, 2008). The result is in accordance with the physics of the phenomena and engineering judgment.

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Published date: 2009
Venue - Dates: 13th International Congress of International Maritime Association of Mediterranean, Istanbul, Turkey, 2009-10-12 - 2009-10-15
Keywords: sail aerodynamics, fem, cfd, fluid-structure interaction
Organisations: Fluid Structure Interactions Group

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Local EPrints ID: 69831
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/69831
ISBN: 9789755613581
PURE UUID: dfd7f17e-c341-4e1e-8fc5-4ffba70f0fd3

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Date deposited: 08 Dec 2009
Last modified: 13 Mar 2024 19:48

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Author: D. Trimarchi
Author: C.M. Rizzo
Editor: Ömer Gören
Editor: Barbaros Okan
Editor: Şafak C. Karakaş

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