... are competitive with bottom-fixed wind turbines. Model test of design concepts and verification of numerical software are important aspects of such developments. The present study investigates the existing design concept using both numerical software and experimental tank tests. By examining the potential site...

... response of floating bodies in waves. In this paper, we focus on estimating the viscous damping force acting on the floating body by using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and clarifying its accuracy by comparing with the results of the tank test. In addition, by comparing the dynamic wave pressure...

... Abstract In this paper, a Kalman filter technique for identifying the wave time histories encountered by a ship is developed and verified in a series of tank tests. The method inversely analyzes the wave time histories from the measured response. A series of irregular wave tests using...

... assimilation method, a still-water tank test using a backbone-type hydro-elastically scaled model is conducted. The proposed method is applied to the measured data, and the ballast load is inversely estimated from the bending strains. The estimation accuracy of the ballast load is improved as repeating...

... shape instead of the blunt shape of the original. In this paper, COVE is applied to a Capesize bulk carrier, the JBC (Japan Bulk Carrier). The parameters of COVE are examined and the shape is optimized for the JBC. The effect of COVE is validated by tank tests in terms of wave lengths, wave angles...

... tests and the numerical simulations, we confirmed the necessary items and arrangements for safety evaluations. In detail, the internal flow increased the bending moment at the connection point. floating ocean thermal energy convertor OTEC spar cold-water pipe tank test numerical simulation...

... 01 11 2011 In order to promote the reliable evaluation for the fatigue strength of ships, the validation of a direct load and strength computation was performed based on the tank test and the full scale measurement. The fatigue damage in short term sea state under various operation...