Advanced modelling of water ingress

Msc. project proposal March 2013

Background Damage stability properties play an important role in the design and operations of ships. So, both in the PIAS design software and the LOCOPIAS on-board stability software this aspect is addressed by means of dedicated modules for residual damage stability, impact of ingressed water on longitudinal strength, probabilistisc damage stability, tank connections etc. However, some effects are only modelled schematically (such as flooding thourgh pipes) or rely on user-input (such as damage dimensions, in case of the assessment of an actual damage). Although the available software has provided good services for the past decades, gradually the market is beginning to demand for a more complete modelling and asseddment of the damaged situation. A driver in this proccess is also that at SARC for the past years we have been working on a brand new modelling method and computer program for the internal ship geometry, which will be suitable to include the real topology and geometry of pipes and other compartment connections.

GUI of the new module for internal shape modelling

Project description Algorithms and implementations are available for a time-based modelling of ingressed water, included the flows through (a network of) pipes and ducts etc. However, for a realistic computation this framework should be expanded with e.g.: The effect of compressed air, as well as escaping (or entering) air trough small openings.

Based on measured levels of ingressed water, predict the future water ingress. With the aim to be able to estimate the probability of capzise or sinking (or to predict the time to capsize, which is an indication for the evacuation time). Basically, the entire analysis is based on numerical solving a differential equation. For sake of simplicity this is done in a linear fashion now, but for a final implementation a non-linear method could be benificial (although also discontinuous events may occur, such as closing a valve, or starting a pump).

We consider these quations to be suitable for a Msc. thesis project at a technical university.

Dr. ir. H.J. Koelman

SARC
Brinklaan 109 A11 1404 GA Bussum www.sarc.nl +31 35 6915024 H.J.Koelman@sarc.nl