Use of CFD to Study the Resistance of Sprint Master Canoe

Abstract:

The resistance and the hydrodynamic characteristics of the Sprint Master canoe that is used in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) have been studied at different speeds using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) method. The resistance of the canoe at different speeds has been measured in UTM marine technology center (MTC). The finite volume code Ansys CFX has been used for carrying out the numerical simulations for the hull form of the canoe at the same experimental speeds. The Volume of Fluid method (VOF) has been used with Ansys CFX for capturing the free surface flow around the canoe hull at the same experimental speeds. The Shear Stress Transport (SST) turbulence model has been used in the RANSE code. The grid generator ICEM CFD has been used for building the grids for the RANSE code solver. The numerical results compare very well with the experimental results at the different speeds.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 695)
• Pages: 463-467
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.695.463
• Online since: November 2014
• Authors: Omar Yaakob, Yasser M. Ahmed*, M. Rizal Othman
• Keywords: CANoe, CFD, Resistance, Sprint Master

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