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12 - Aeronautical, Mechanical, Chemical and Manufacturing Engineering
University of Strathclyde
A BEM-isogeometric method for the ship wave-resistance problem
For the first time Isogeometric Analysis (IGA) was combined with BEM for solving the ship wave-resistance problem. The method achieved at least an order of magnitude improvement in convergence rates, and enabled accurate refinement of the computational domain without time-consuming meshing. The research is a decisive step towards seamlessly integrating CAD with CFD; validated within a range of industrial applications including: container-ship design (DNV); turbo-charger design (SIEMENS); and turbine-blade design (ANDRITZ-Hydro). The authors have been approached by the Universities of Texas at Austin and Brigham Young to initiate joint research (hughes@ices.utexas.edu, michael.scott@byu.edu) towards integrating T-splines in ship-analysis and design.