CFD verification and validation of green sea loads

An extensive verification and validation for green sea load simulations is presented. The calculations are per- formed using the Naval Hydro pack, a library based on foam–extend, which is an open source Computational Fluid Dynamics software. The geometric Volume of Fluid method is used for interface advection, while the Ghost Fluid Method is employed to discretise the free surface boundary conditions at the interface. Pressure measured at the deck of a fixed structure is compared to experimental data for nine regular waves. Verification is performed using four refinement levels in order to reliably assess numerical uncertainties. A detailed uncertainty analysis comprises both numerical and experimental data. Comparable uncertainties are exhibited in simulations and experiments, with good agreement of results.

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