Volvo Ocean Race – Hydrodynamic In hull shape studies we use fully appended models with a reference set of rudders, keels and foils. The position of each appendage shifts to match the shape of each candidate hull. For example, the rudders will change angle slightly to remain perpendicular to the hull surface on each hull. For appendage studies […]
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Volvo Ocean Race – Seakeeping Finally, a set of seakeeping simulations are performed to investigate the dynamic behavior of the final candidate hulls. These simulations ascertain that what is good in calm water does not become detrimental in waves. Due to the nature of these time consuming simulations, only regular waves are usually considered. To analyze a
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Volvo Ocean Race – Aerodynamics In aerodynamic simulations we model all geometry above the static water plane, including the sails, mast, boom, deck and hull. The rig is tilted to the correct attitude accurately modeling heel, pitch and yaw. A varying wind profile is used to account for the boundary layer along the surface of
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