A 2D+t SPH model to study the breaking wave pattern generated by fast ships

A 2D+t approach is applied to study the wave pattern generated by high speed slender ships with a sharp stem. This allows approximating the ship motion through a set of equations which are mathematically equivalent to those governing the unsteady 2D free-surface flow generated by a deformable body in the vertical plane transverse to the ship. To describe the body deformation, a proper modeling of the solid boundaries is needed. To this purpose the fixed ghost particle technique recently developed by the authors for 2D SPH schemes is adopted. Then, an in-depth analysis of the bow breaking wave evolution is provided focusing on the different features of the plunging jet as function of the ship forward velocity. The comparison with experimental data proves the proposed SPH scheme to be robust and accurate.

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