Computational study of sail performance in upwind condition     

C. Ciortan  C. Guedes Soares   《Ocean Engineering》2007,34(16):2198-2206

Airflow around yacht sails with imposed final geometry is simulated using a CFD code, reproducing experimental tests carried in a wind tunnel. Two configurations are considered: one, mast–main sail and the other, mast–jib–main sail. Both configurations were studied in the same flow conditions of air velocity and incidence angle. The grid is structured-like next to the sails and unstructured in the rest of the domain. The turbulence model used is Shear Stress Transport. The results are compared against experimental and numerical results.  相似文献   

A common methodology for risk assessment and mapping for south-east Europe: an application for heat wave risk in Romania     

Papathoma-Koehle  Maria  Promper  Catrin  Bojariu  Roxana  Cica  Roxana  Sik  Andr&#;s  Perge  Kinga  L&#;szl&#;  Peter  Czikora  Erika Bal&#;zs  Dumitrescu  Alexandru  Turcus  Cosmin  Birsan  Marius-Victor  Velea  Liliana  Glade  Thomas 《Natural Hazards》2016,81(1):89-115

This paper reports on a quantitative estimation of the risk to residents at the toe of Mount Albino, a carbonatic relief covered by shallow deposits of pyroclastic soils, which threatens the municipality of Nocera Inferiore (southern Italy). The quantitative risk analysis (QRA) focuses on one type of mass transport phenomena typical for the context at hand, namely the hyperconcentrated flows. The methodological approach includes three main steps: hazard analysis, consequence analysis and risk estimation. Based on historical incident data, the hazard analysis makes use of a high-resolution digital terrain model and advanced models that incorporate relevant geological and geotechnical input data collected via in situ investigations and laboratory tests. The consequence analysis takes into account information on the exposed persons (age, gender) and their vulnerability. The estimated risk to life is calculated at the individual level (risk to the average and most exposed person). The reported procedure is one of the first QRA’s applications to instabilities which potentially affect natural slopes in Italy, and it was successfully used as technical basis for a public participatory process in Nocera Inferiore, designed and developed to support decisions about risk mitigation measures.  相似文献   

Turbulent free-surface flow around a Wigley hull using the slightly compressible flow formulation     

Cosmin Ciortan  Juan Wanderley  C. Guedes Soares   《Ocean Engineering》2007,34(10):1383-1392

The slightly compressible flow formulation is applied to the free-surface, three-dimensional turbulent flow around a Wigley hull. Two turbulence models (large eddy simulation and Baldwin–Lomax) are used and compared. The simulation conditions are the ones for which experimental and numerical results exist. The computational grid is built using an algebraic grid generator with the model fixed in space. The codes use the interface-capturing technique for computing the free-surface displacements and the Beam and Warming scheme for marching in time the numerical model. The results compare well with the experimental data available.  相似文献