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Renewable energy systems for racing sailboats - From simulations to an experimental device
Alfred Rufer, Philippe Barrade
Providing racing sailboats with renewable energy sources deals with boat performances, reliability and skipper’s security. In this study, an innovative solution is presented to feed a sailboat with green energy by using a hydro-generator. This paper also i ...
2013Numerical Simulation of Sailing Boats: Dynamics, FSI, and Shape Optimization
Alfio Quarteroni, Gianluigi Rozza, Nicola Parolini, Matteo Lombardi
The numerical simulation of free-surface flows around sailing boats is a complex topic that addresses multiple mathematical tasks: the correct study of the flow field around a rigid hull, the numerical simulation of the hull dynamics, the deformation of th ...
Springer2012Numerical simulation of a sailing boat
In this work, various aspects concerning the numerical simulation of a sailing boat are investigated. The attention is focused on simulation of the free-surface, the fluid-structure interaction (FSI) between wind and sails, and the dynamics of the whole bo ...
EPFL2012Effect of Hydrofoil Trailing Edge Geometry on the Wake Dynamics
In the present study, the effect of a hydrofoil trailing edge shape on the wake dynamic and its interaction with the mechanical structure is investigated. This would help better describe the physical reasons for vibration reduction when using oblique and D ...
EPFL2012Stochastic Optimization of Sailing Trajectories in an America's Cup Race
The main objective of the thesis is the study and the determination of an optimal navigation strategy, for a sailboat in an America's Cup race, by methods of stochastic optimization. Such methods are appropriate because the sailing team expects the wind to ...
EPFL2010Modelling and numerical simulation for yacht design
Alfio Quarteroni, Nicola Parolini
In the past few years, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) has become an essential tool in the design and optimization of racing sailboats and in particular America's Cup yachts. The prevalent role of CFD in the design process is demonstrated by the number ...
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