CFD has become a mainstream engineering tool with various applications in the offshore industry. It is used to study complex fluid dynamics problems that are difficult to analyze using theory or experimentation alone. Examples include vortex-induced vibration of risers and motions of floating platforms, wave slamming loads, tank sloshing, and wind forces on structures. Validation against experimental data and benchmark cases is important to verify CFD models are solving equations correctly.

9. Offshore Industry Use of CFD

12. Riser VIV SOURCE: C.H.K. Williamson, Cornell U.

13. DeepStar/MIT Lake Seneca Tests 2004 SOURCE: K. Vandiver, MIT

14. Classic VIV Catastrophe If ignored, these vibrations can prove catastrophic to structures, as they did in the case of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in 1940. SOURCE: A. H. Techet, MIT

16. SOURCE: BP

17. VIV Suppression SOURCE: BP, GlobalSantaFe, Shell

21. Damage from Hurricane Waves SOURCE: Dave Wisch, Chevron

22. Damage from Hurricane Waves SOURCE: Dave Wisch, Chevron

26. Comparisons with Lab Data SOURCE: OMAE2006-92124

28. Mesh SOURCE: OMAE2005-67238

29. VIM Results SOURCE: OMAE2005-67238

30. Wave Impact - Idealized Case SOURCE:OTRC 11/05A156

32. Tank Sloshing Observed and predicted wave profile SOURCE: CD-adapco

33. Tank Sloshing Validation SOURCE: CD-adapco