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Recent progress in CFD for naval architecture and ocean engineering

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An overview is provided of CFDShip-Iowa modeling, numerical methods and high performance computing (HPC), including both current V4.5 and V5.5 and next generation V6. Examples for naval architecture highlight capability and needs. High fidelity V6 simulations for ocean engineering and fundamental physics describe increased resolution for analysis of physics of fluids. Uncertainty quantification research is overviewed as the first step towards development stochastic optimization.

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  1. IIHR-Hydroscience and Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA

    Frederick Stern, Zhaoyuan Wang, Jianming Yang, Hamid Sadat-Hosseini, Maysam Mousaviraad, Yoon Sung-Hwan, Ping-Chen Wu, Seong Mo Yeon, Timur Dogan, Dong-Hwan Kim, Silvia Volpi, Michael Conger & Thad Michael

  2. Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS, 39759, USA

    Shanti Bhushan

  3. CNR-INSEAN, Rome, Italy

    Matteo Diez

  4. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Idaho, Idaho, 83844-090, USA

    Tao Xing

  5. Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, 18015, USA

    Robert S. Thodal & Joachim L. Grenestedt

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Stern, F., Wang, Z., Yang, J. et al. Recent progress in CFD for naval architecture and ocean engineering. J Hydrodyn 27, 1–23 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1016/S1001-6058(15)60452-8

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