Boundary element modelling aspects for the hydro-elastic analysis of flexible marine propellers

Boundary element methods (BEM) have been used for propeller hydrodynamic calculations since the 1990s. More recently, these methods are being used in combination with finite element methods (FEM) in order to calculate flexible propeller fluid–structure interaction (FSI) response. The main advantage of using BEM for flexible propeller FSI...

Hydrodynamic Interaction of an Offshore Floating Support Structure and Tidal Energy Converter

Sustainable energy generation through renewable sources is a rapidly expanding industry within the energy sector and as part of that the industry applies floating turbines to convert the kinetic energy into electrical energy. Moreover the maintenance cost of the floating turbine is lower compared to the fixed turbine, although the hydrodynamic...