OPTIMISATION'S TECHNIQUES OF HULL SHAPES USING CFD RANSE SIMULATIONS WITH LOW NUMBER OF CELLS

This calculation domain derives from the accurate development of a standardized procedure which allows to make RANSE simulations with a standard grid ensuring the accuracy of the result even if "COARSE". The present research, as well as providing an overview of the state of the art in literature, shows the development of an innovative methodology able to perform simulations with low number of cells in a standardized way, developing three types of standard meshing, dividing the hulls to be studied in three different families grouped by similarity of geometry and operation speed and having therefore in common a similar wave pattern: Round Bilge Displacement Hull, Round Bilge and Hard Chine Semiplaning Hull (Single and Multi-Hull), Hard Chine Planing Hull. The work subsequently involved the determination of the methods of optimisation investigating potentiality and limits of several already known methods to perform multi-objective optimisation, including the "Sherpa" one, based on a robust combined progressive algorithm aiming to achieve the optimal solution, automatically reducing the number of cases to be simulated. The optimization process has been applied to an innovative semi-planing hard-chine hull with blade bulbous bow: the process started from a basic hull matching all the project requirements and, respecting the imposed constraints, the hull has been parameterized and the calculation set-up has been established. At the end of the optimisation , the best hull geometry has been obtained in order to achieve the reduction of the to