Combining numerical and experimental methods to explain shipbank interactions
Bedos, A.; Gornicz, T.; Tonelli, R. (2025). Combining numerical and experimental methods to explain shipbank interactions, in: Eloot, K. et al. 7th MASHCON International Conference on Ship Manoeuvring in Shallow and Confined Water with non-exclusive focus on clean power in shallow water, 18-21 May 2025, Bruges, Belgium: conference program and proceedings. pp. 44-59
In: Eloot, K. et al. (2025). 7th MASHCON International Conference on Ship Manoeuvring in Shallow and Confined Water with non-exclusive focus on clean power in shallow water, 18-21 May 2025, Bruges, Belgium: conference program and proceedings. Flanders Hydraulics/Ghent University: Antwerp. XII, 529 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.48607/316, more
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- Bedos, A.
- Gornicz, T.
- Tonelli, R.
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| Abstract |
Bank effects refer to the suction and repulsion forces a ship experiences when sailing near a bank. Recently, various factors have driven the maritime community to gain a deeper understanding of this phenomenon. In inland waterways, increasing traffic and repeated low-water episodes result in ships operating in increasingly confined environment, leading to stronger interactions with banks and other ships. This paper compares experimental and numerical methods in a straightforward test case involving a representative 135m inland waterway ship sailing along a vertical bank. The study examines the total loads and squat of the ship at various distances to the bank and under-keel clearances, ranging from 300% to 20%. It also verifies several new functionalities in the MARIN in-house CFD package ReFRESCO, which can be used for calculations of complex scenarios involving ships navigating in confined and shallow water. |
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