GENERAL METHOD FOR CALCULATING THREE-DIMENSIONAL LAMINAR AND TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYERS ON SHIP HULLS

A general method for representing the flow properties in the three-dimensional boundary layers around ship hulls of arbitary shape is described. It makes use of an efficient two-point finite-difference scheme to solve the boundary- layer equations and includes an algebraic eddy-viscosity representation of the Reynolds-stress tensor. The numerical method contains novel and desirable features and allows the calculation of flows in which the circumferential velocity component contains regions of flow reversal across the boundary layer. Present calculations relate to zero Froude number but they can be extended to include the effects of a water wave and local regions of flow separation which may stem from bulbous-bow geometries.

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• Authors:
  • Cebeci, T
  • Chang, Kuei-Chung
  • Kaups, K
• Publication Date: 1980

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 229-280
• Serial:
  • Ocean Engineering
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Pergamon
  • ISSN: 0029-8018
  • EISSN: 1873-5258
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00298018

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Boundary layer; Boundary layer flow; Boundary layer separation; Finite differences; Hulls; Laminar flow; Three dimensional flow; Turbulence; Turbulent boundary layer
• Old TRIS Terms: Hull boundary layers; Laminar boundary layer
• Subject Areas: Design; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00323446
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 6 1981 12:00AM