Application of a two-fluid finite volume method to ship slamming

A newly developed finite volume method was applied to ship slamming. The co mputational method accounts for arbitrary free surface deformations and use s unstructured grids for the discretization of the domain. A linear panel m ethod was used to predict motions of a modern 2400 TEU container ship. Resu lting relative velocities at the ship's keel were used to estimate the maxi mum vertical re-entry velocities at the bow in North Atlantic wave conditio ns. Water entry of three bow sections was numerically simulated to determin e pressures at the bow flare. Prescribed vertical velocity histories signif icantly affected the determination of realistic pressure levels.