Time-Domain Flooding Simulation of a Damaged Warship

Understanding of the complex dynamic behavior of damaged ships and floodwater remains limited for ship designers and safety authorities. In this work, a Navier-Stokes (NS) solver that combines the volume of fluid (VOF) method with overset mesh techniques is developed to simulate the flooding process of a damaged ship. The VOF method captures the fluid interface, and the turbulence effect on flows is considered with the k-w model. The overset mesh techniques are employed to handle the mesh update following transient ship motions. Then, the results of a damaged barge with dynamic and overset mesh are compared with the experimental data. On the basis of this validation, the solver is applied to the flooding problems of a damaged warship. This research is intended to be a useful step toward the establishment of a stability criterion for damaged ships in the future.