Trial computations of the free-surface flow around a bulk carrier ship model

A comprehensive viscous flow investigation around the Japan Bulk Carrier bare ship model is described in the present paper. The aim of the investigation is that of the necessity of calibration for the FINETM/Marine component of the NUMECA solver for further deeper numerical investigations. The global hydrodynamic resistance components, freesurface elevation, wake structure in the propeller plane as well as the trim and sinkage values are computed by using the ISIS-CFD numerical solver for the Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations in which the turbulence is modeled with the k-ω SST model. Comparisons with the experimental data are provided to validate the numerical approach.