Calm Water Resistance Prediction of a Container Ship Using Reynolds Averaged Navier-stokes Based Solver

Abstract Maneuverability and resistance prediction with suitable accuracy is essential for optimum ship design and propulsion power prediction. This paper aims at providing some of the resistance and maneuverability characteristics of a container ship model, MOERI KCS in calm water using a computational fluid dynamics solver named Ship Motion. The solver is based on the Reynolds average Navier-Stokes method (RaNS) and solves overset-structured grid using the Finite Volume Method (FVM). This paper comprises the numerical results of calm water test for the KCS model with available experimental results. The calm water test results include the total drag coefficient, average sinkage, and trim data. Visualization data for pressure distribution on the hull surface and free water surface have also been included. The paper concludes that the present solver has the capability to predict the resistance and maneuverability characteristics of the container ship with reasonable accuracy utilizing minimum computational resources.