A REPORT

on

MESH GENERATION OF SHIP MODEL USING OPENFOAM

in

NUMERICAL SHIP HYDRODYNAMICS SOFTWARE LABORATORY

Submitted by

NAME : VENU ARAVINDH.T

SEMESTER : VII

REG.NO : ANA17067

DEPARTMENT OF NAVAL ARCHITECTURE AND OFFSHORE

ENGINEERING, AMET DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY,
CHENNAI, NOVEMBER 2020
 EVALUATION SHEET

Name of candidate : Venu Aravindh. T

B.E. in Naval Architecture and Offshore

Program :
Engineering

Semester : VII

Reg.No : ANA17067

Date of Submission of report : 09/11/2020

FACULTY IN-CHARGE:

Dr. B.M.Shameem

SIGNATURE OF EXAMINER

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S.NO CONTENTS PAGE NO

LIST OF FIGURES 4

1 INTRODUCTION 5

2 AIM 5

3 3D MODEL OF THE VESSEL 5

4 CREATING A TOWING TANK 6

AROUND THE VESSEL MODEL
5 MESH GENERATION IN OPENFOAM 7

6 VISUALISING THE GENERATED 7

MESH IN PARAVIEW
7 CONCLUSION 8

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LIST OF FIGURES:
1. 3D model of the vessel
2. Towing tank with model
3. Cross Sectional view of the towing tank with model
4. Mesh generation in OpenFOAM
5. Visualising the generated mesh in ParaView
6. Sliced view of generated mesh along y axis

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1. Introduction:
Meshing -- or mesh generation -- is the process of generating polygonal or
polyhedral mesh (i.e., the shape of the polygon/polyhedral is made up of multiple edges, faces
and vertices). Meshing is often used in software-based simulation for Finite Element Analysis
(FEA) and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). Meshing is an integral part of the engineering
simulation process where complex geometries are divided into simple elements that can be used
as discrete local approximations of the larger domain. The mesh influences the accuracy,
convergence and speed of the simulation.

2. Aim:
The Aim of the report is to generate a mesh of a ship model with towing tank in
OpenFOAM.

3. 3D Model of the vessel:

The 3D model of the vessel taken for mesh generation is pictured below:

Figure 1: 3D model of the vessel

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4. Creating a towing tank around the vessel model:

After creating a 3D model, the creation of towing tank around the

model. The Picture of towing tank with a 3D model is pictured below:

Figure 2: Towing tank with model

Figure 3: Cross Sectional view of the towing tank with model

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5. Mesh generation in OpenFOAM:

After creating towing tank around the 3D model, mesh generation is

carried out in OpenFOAM through Ubuntu Linux.

For Mesh Generation : Command ‘cartesianMesh’ is used.

Figure 4: Mesh generation in OpenFOAM.

6. Visualising the generated mesh in ParaView:

After completing mesh generation in OpenFOAM, generated mesh is

viewed through ParaView.

Figure 5: Visualising the generated mesh in ParaView.

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 Figure 6: Sliced view of generated mesh along y axis.

7. Conclusion:

Generating of mesh for the taken model in OpenFOAM is successful.

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