Scaling strategies for multi-purpose floating structures physical modeling : state of art and new perspectives
Ruzzo, Carlo and Muggiasca, Sara and Malara, Giovanni and Taruffi, Federico and Belloli, Marco and Collu, Maurizio and Li, Liang and Brizzi, Giulio and Arena, Felice (2021) Scaling strategies for multi-purpose floating structures physical modeling : state of art and new perspectives. Applied Ocean Research, 108. 102487. ISSN 0141-1187 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apor.2020.102487)
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Abstract
Multi-purpose floating platforms are emerging as a promising concept in ocean engineering applications, thanks to their capability of ensuring system integration, cost reduction and modularization. However, their increasing complexity requires the development of numerical tools, which need to be validated experimentally through adequate physical models. New challenges hence arise, since the subsystems integrated in the structure generally follow different scaling laws and may need relatively large physical models to achieve a reliable similitude between the full-scale structure and its physical model counterpart. The latter issue can be critical, because indoor tests in wave tanks and basins constrain the scale factors to the size of the available facilities. Open-sea experiments, albeit challenging because of the uncontrolled environmental conditions, could be a valid complement to the traditional indoor tests. This article proposes a review of the multi-physics scaling strategies for the subsystems usually embedded in multi-purpose floating platforms, i.e. floating support, mooring system, wind turbine, wave energy converter and aquaculture facilities, by providing a critical analysis on the relevance of the scaling factor and of the scaling strategy. The paper may also serve as a guide for practical applications involving one or several of the considered subsystems.
ORCID iDs
Ruzzo, Carlo, Muggiasca, Sara, Malara, Giovanni, Taruffi, Federico, Belloli, Marco, Collu, Maurizio ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7692-4988, Li, Liang ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8528-3171, Brizzi, Giulio and Arena, Felice;-
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Item type: Article ID code: 76977 Dates: DateEvent31 March 2021Published15 January 2021Published Online8 December 2020AcceptedSubjects: Naval Science > Naval architecture. Shipbuilding. Marine engineering Department: Faculty of Engineering > Naval Architecture, Ocean & Marine Engineering Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 02 Jul 2021 13:46 Last modified: 07 Oct 2024 00:24 URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/76977