A two-way coupled FSI ship hard grounding dynamics model

Abstract

In the maritime sector, ship grounding incidents continue to be a serious problem that may lead to oil spills, capsizing, severe property damage, and even fatalities. Grounding accidents are currently understood utilizing inadequate statistical datasets, probabilistic grounding scenarios, and deterministic computational crashworthiness methodologies due to a lack of practical tools and techniques. The implementation of multiphysics assessment techniques is essential for the development of improved ship safety standards. This involves the use of rapid models for structural integrity rules and damage stability regulations. Taimuri et al., (2022) [1] introduced a rapid two-way coupled fluid-structure interaction (FSI) model that seeks to efficiently examine accidental loads following a ship hard grounding event to fulfil such a requirement. The current study offers an overview of the algorithm and its limitations.