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Maritime CFD Applications
Simulation of a wave energy device hinged at a
fixed point, colored by velocity.
Courtesy XC Engineering.
Optimizing hull design, onboard fuel tanks and cargo
holds, assessing wave generation and wave impact on marine structures,
investigating ventilation dynamics—all of these are important to the marine
engineer and naval architect. Computer
simulation provides a convenient way to analyze these processes without having
to resort to costly experiments.
Read more in our Maritime Tech Papers
Read about simulating Wave Energy Devices in our Energy section.
Download the Maritime Brochure 
CFD-101 – Turbulence Modeling
The majority of flows in nature are turbulent. Because of this fact the question is often raised whether it is necessary to include some representation of turbulence in computational models of flow processes. Unfortunately, there is no simple answer to this question and the modeler must exercise some engineering judgment.
The most successful computational models for practical engineering purposes are those involving two or more transport equations. A minimum of two equations is desirable because it takes two quantities to characterize the length and time scales of turbulent processes. The use of transport equations to describe these variables allows turbulence creation and destruction processes to have localized rates. Read more in CFD-101 >