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Article history: This paper proposes a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) based unsteady RANS model which enables
Received 27 June 2016 the prediction of the effect of marine coatings and biofouling on ship resistance and presents CFD simula-
Received in revised form 1 December 2016 tions of the roughness effects on the resistance and effective power of the full-scale 3D KRISO Container
Accepted 6 December 2016
Ship (KCS) hull.
Initially, a roughness function model representing a typical coating and different fouling conditions was
Keywords:
developed by using the roughness functions given in the literature. This model then was employed in
Biofouling
the wall-function of the CFD software and the effects of a typical as applied coating and different fouling
Ship resistance
Computational fluid dynamics
conditions on the frictional resistance of flat plates representing the KCS were predicted for a design
Hull roughness speed of 24 knots and a slow steaming speed of 19 knots using the proposed CFD model. The roughness
effects of such conditions on the resistance components and effective power of the full-scale 3D KCS
model were then predicted at the same speeds. The resulting frictional resistance values of the present
study were then compared with each other and with results obtained using the similarity law analysis.
The increase in the effective power of the full-scale KCS hull was predicted to be 18.1% for a deteriorated
coating or light slime whereas that due to heavy slime was predicted to be 38% at a ship speed of 24
knots. In addition, it was observed that the wave resistance and wave systems are significantly affected
by the hull roughness and hence viscosity.
© 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
1. Introduction Index (EEDI) [1] and the Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan
(SEEMP) [2], and recommended practices such as the Energy Effi-
Shipping has been, and still is, one of the most important meth- ciency Operational Indicator (EEOI) [3] have been implemented
ods of transport, with more reliance and importance now being in recent times to limit the quantities of harmful gases that are
placed on this mode of transport as a consequence of advances in released into the environment as a result of the fuel consumed by
shipping technology and the ability of ships to store and transport ships.
increasing capacities of goods. However, these improvements bring Although shipping is marginally more environmentally friendly
some problems to the industry due to an increase in fuel consump- than other forms of transportation, such as aviation and land, it
tion, which is detrimental to the environment and which erodes was reported that ships released 870 million tons of CO2 in 2007,
company revenues. Although other forms of fuel power exist, such which is equivalent to 2.7% of the total CO2 emissions that year [4].
as wind energy and solar power, carbon-based fuel is currently the The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has therefore been
only way for ships to run effectively. For this reason, minimising forced, due in part to an increase in public awareness, to devise
fuel consumption is crucial for shipping companies. Such compa- and implement energy efficiency and GHG regulations. As 95% of
nies have therefore attempted to determine the optimum operation the world’s cargo is transported by sea [5], a means of reducing the
and maintenance approaches to either decrease the cost of opera- frictional resistance of ships would dramatically reduce their fuel
tions or to increase the profit of the company. The release of harmful consumption, leading to reduced carbon emissions worldwide. The
gases due to the use of carbon-based fuel is another reason that best method to reduce frictional resistance is to apply a treatment
shipping companies should aim to reduce the fuel consumption of to a ship’s hull, to minimise its physical and biological roughness.
their ships. Some regulations, such as the Energy Efficiency Design Physical roughness can be minimised by applying some preventa-
tive measures, but biological roughness (fouling) is more difficult
to control.
Marine biofouling is an increasing problem from both economic
∗ Corresponding author. and environmental points of view in terms of increased resistance,
E-mail address: yigit.demirel@strath.ac.uk (Y.K. Demirel).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apor.2016.12.003
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either using wall-functions (e.g. Suga et al. [25], Apsley [26]) or of the resistance coefficients of full-scale 3D ship hulls bearing a
using near-wall resolution (e.g. Krogstad [27], Aupoix [28]). Eça typical coating and a range of fouling conditions.
and Hoekstra [29] showed that the effect of uniform sand-grain The main advantage of the proposed model is that it enables the
roughness on the frictional resistance of flat plates of full-scale ship use of a simple roughness length scale to predict the effect of bio-
lengths at full-scale ship speeds can be accurately simulated using fouling on frictional resistance of a flat plate of ship length, similar
either wall-functions or near-wall resolution. Date and Turnock to that of Demirel et al. [39] as well as on the resistance components
[30] demonstrated the required techniques to predict the skin fric- and effective power of a full-scale ship.
tion of flat plates using RANS solvers and also showed that the In this study, the experimental data of Schultz and Flack [41]
effect of surface roughness on skin friction can be predicted using were used to establish a suitable roughness function model for
CFD software. They modified the wall-functions of a piece of com- different fouling conditions. Corresponding roughness heights of
mercial CFD software by modifying the wall function-coefficient Schultz [6] representing different fouling conditions were used to
(log-layer constant). Nevertheless, this method does not directly model the different surfaces. This roughness function model was
reflect the roughness effect on the frictional resistance and does then employed in the wall-function of the CFD software package
not compute these effects dynamically. Leer-Andersen and Lars- STAR-CCM+.
son [31], on the other hand, employed roughness functions in a Following this, a typical case study was performed through CFD
commercial CFD code and predicted the skin friction of full scale simulations of towing tests involving a flat plate of length 232.5 m,
ships. However, they used a specific module of the software, which representing the Kriso Container Ship (KCS), with different surface
incorporates thin boundary layer methods with a potential flow conditions at different service speeds. Frictional resistance coeffi-
solver, and the study does not include unsteady RANS calculations. cients were computed and the increases in the frictional resistance
Izaguirre-Alza et al. [32] used the CFD software package STAR- of the flat plate representing KCS due to such fouling conditions
CCM+ to simulate their experiments and validate the roughness were predicted.
feature of the software. Although the comparison shows a very Unsteady RANS CFD simulations of the roughness effects of
good agreement between the experimental data and the evalu- marine coatings and biofouling on the full-scale 3D KCS were then
ated results, there is no evidence of the use of a specific roughness performed using the same CFD model. A full-scale 3D KCS hull
function model, rather than the built-in roughness function. Khor appended with a rudder was used due to the existence of available
and Xiao [33] investigated the effects of fouling and two antifoul- experimental data for comparison purposes, and in order to enable
ing coatings on the drag of a foil and a submarine by employing a a reasonable comparison. The model was first towed in smooth
CFD method. They used the equivalent sand grain roughness height conditions at a design speed of 24 knots and the resulting total
and the built-in wall-function which considers the uniform sand- resistance coefficient was compared and validated with the total
grain roughness function model proposed by Cebeci and Bradshaw resistance coefficient extrapolated using the experimental data.
[34], based on Nikuradse’s data [35]. Currently, the ITTC [36] is still Following this, typical parametric case studies were performed
questioning the validity of the roughness model and equivalent at a design speed of 24 knots and a slow steaming speed of 19
sand grain roughness used in CFD applications for hull roughness, knots. These involved changing the surface conditions by employ-
since it is known that the built-in roughness function model is ing the roughness function model and corresponding roughness
based on uniform, closely packed sand roughness, whereas the length scales proposed, to represent a typical coating and a range
roughness functions of real engineering surfaces do not show this of fouling conditions, while holding the other parameters constant.
behaviour. Castro, Carrica [37] carried out unsteady RANS CFD sim- Frictional, residuary and total resistance coefficients of the KCS
ulations of a full-scale KCS model with hull coating roughness using were directly computed whereas the wave resistance coefficients
wall-functions. However, they used a constant roughness function were calculated using the form factor of the KCS. The effect of hull
and the roughness allowance formulation proposed by the ITTC roughness on the wave systems were also investigated. Moreover,
[38]. They did not attempt to employ a new type of roughness the increases in the effective power of the KCS due to such surface
function model which is more appropriate for real engineering sur- conditions were predicted using the present results.
faces, especially for fouled surfaces. Recently, Demirel et al. [39] The present results, obtained using flat-plate CFD simulations
proposed a CFD model for the frictional resistance prediction of and using full-scale 3D KCS model were compared with each
antifouling coatings. Haase et al. [40] showed the applicability of other and with those obtained using the similarity law analysis of
the CFD approach to predict the sand grain roughness effects on Granville [3].
the frictional resistance of flat plates as well as on the resistance of This paper is organised as follows: The roughness functions used
catamarans. to represent a range of biofouling conditions are presented in Sec-
As discussed above, current numerical methods for the predic- tion 2, while a new wall-function formulation is proposed and
tion of the effect of biofouling on frictional resistance are limited details of the numerical setup are covered in Section 3. In Section 4,
by the use of boundary layer similarity law analysis. This method the CFD results obtained using flat-plate and full-scale 3D approach
can only calculate the effect of a given surface roughness on the were presented together with the results obtained using the sim-
frictional resistance of a flat plate of ship length. Although this can ilarity law analysis. Finally, the results of the study are discussed
be seen as a reasonable assumption, since the surface roughness in Section 5, along with recommendations for future avenues of
is not expected to significantly affect the pressure drag, it is still research.
worth investigating the phenomenon by means of a fully nonlinear
method, such as CFD, to investigate the roughness effect of biofoul- 2. Roughness functions
ing on the resistance components of a ship in detail. In addition,
a typical CFD work could take the effect of spatial distribution of The velocity profile in the log-law region of the turbulent bound-
fouling on the total drag of the hull into consideration. ary layer can be defined by
To the best of this author’s knowledge, no specific CFD model
1
exists to predict the roughness effect of biofouling on ship resis- U+ = ln(y+ ) + B − U + (1)
tance. The aim of the present paper is therefore to fill this gap by
employing a modified wall-function in the CFD software package in which is the von Karman constant, y+ is the non-dimensional
and to investigate the roughness effect of biofouling on the resis- normal distance from the boundary, B is the smooth wall log-law
tance components. The proposed approach enables the prediction intercept and U+ is the roughness function. By using Eq. (1), one
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with other studies such as Hundley and Tate [45] and Haslbeck and
Bohlander [12], documenting the effects of coatings and biofouling
on ship powering through full-scale trials.
An appropriate roughness function model was fitted to the
roughness function values of Schultz and Flack [41], given in Eq.
(5). This roughness function model is presented such that it is in
the form of the built-in roughness function model of STAR-CCM+
for application convenience.
3. Numerical modelling
Fig. 2. The proposed CFD roughness function model together with the roughness
functions.
⎪ +
ln 0.26k +
→ 15 < k
Table 2
Shown for comparison in Fig. 2 is the proposed roughness func- Principal particulars of the KCS, adapted from Tezdogan et al. [49] and Kim et al.
[50].
tion model given by (5) and roughness functions of Schultz and
Flack [41]. Length between the perpendiculars (LBP ) 230.0 m
The proposed model for a range of representative coating and Length of waterline (LWL ) 232.5 m
Beam at waterline (BWL ) 32.2 m
biofouling conditions in this paper is in a similar form to the built-in Depth (D) 19.0 m
wall function of STAR-CCM+ in terms of flow regimes. That is to say, Design draft (T) 10.8 m
the proposed roughness function model and the wall-law have 3 Wetted surface area 9498 m2
flow regimes, namely a hydraulically smooth regime, a transition- Displacement () 52030 m3
Block coefficient (CB ) 0.6505
ally rough regime and a fully rough regime, which are similar to
Design Speed 24 knots
those proposed by Cebeci and Bradshaw [34] based on Nikuradse’s Froude number (Fr) 0.26
data [35]. It is evident from Fig. 2 that an excellent agreement is
achieved in the fully rough regime while a reasonable match is
obtained in the transitionally rough regime. General information Additionally, the KCS has a very similar shape to commercial con-
about the wall-function approach and details of the application of tainer ships, meaning the results will give an indication of how
roughness functions through wall-functions can be found in [39]. fouling effects the performance of real commercial container ships.
The principal particulars, body plans and side profiles of the full-
3.3. Geometry and boundary conditions scale KCS model are given in Table 2 (adapted from Tezdogan et al.
[49] and Kim et al. [50]), and Fig. 5 [50], respectively.
The geometry of the plate representing the KCS is shown in Fig. 3. The boundary conditions of the simulations were chosen to
The boundary conditions of the simulations were chosen to repre- represent the full-scale KCS model being towed in a deep water
sent the plate being completely submerged in an infinite ocean, condition. Fig. 6 depicts an overview of the domain with the KCS
with similarity to the full scale prediction simulations presented in model and the selected boundary conditions.
[39]. The boundary conditions and the positioning of the bound- The two opposite faces at the x-direction of the domain, i.e.
aries were therefore chosen to be similar to those given in [39], as the left-hand face (positive x-direction) and right-hand face (neg-
shown in Fig. 4. ative x-direction) of the domain in the top view were modelled
The KRISO Container Ship (KCS) appended with a rudder was as a velocity inlet and a pressure outlet, respectively. A symmetry
used in this paper’s full-scale 3D simulations since experimental plane was used to halve the required cell numbers and to reduce
data for this hull is publicly available and a large body of related the computational demand since this does not significantly affect
CFD studies exist in the literature (e.g. Larsson et al. [46], Zhang the computations. A velocity inlet boundary condition was set to
[47], Castro et al. [37], Carrica et al. [48] and Tezdogan et al. [49]). the top, bottom and side (the negative y-direction) boundaries. It
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Fig. 5. Body plan and side profiles of the KCS model [50].
should be kept in mind that the initial flow velocity at all inlet con-
ditions was set to the velocity of the flat wave, i.e. a ship speed of
24 knots, in the negative x-direction. The selection of the velocity
inlet for the top and side of the domain therefore enables the flow
at the top and side of the domain to be parallel to the outlet bound-
ary, which prevents reflections from these boundaries. In addition,
the representation of the deep water and infinite air conditions was
facilitated by the use of a velocity inlet boundary condition for the
top and bottom boundaries. The KCS hull itself has a no-slip rough
wall condition to represent the roughness on the hull.
Another critical selection is the positioning of the boundaries,
especially the downstream outlet boundary and the upstream inlet
boundary. The inlet is placed at ∼1.5LBP lengths upstream and the
outlet boundary is placed at ∼2.5LBP lengths downstream, to ensure
boundary independent solutions are produced. Similarly, the top
is located at ∼1.5LBP and the bottom and the side are positioned
at ∼2.5LBP away from the KCS hull. It is of note that the selection
of these boundary conditions and the positioning of the bound- Fig. 7. The positions of the boundaries. (L: length of the ship between perpendicu-
aries were made based on the recommendations and applications lars).
reported in CD-ADAPCO [51]. The locations of the boundaries are
shown in Fig. 7.
It should be noted that the VOF wave damping capability of the well as the area immediately around the hull and rudder, the area
software was applied to the outlet and all velocity inlet boundaries, where the bow encounters the free surface, the area where water
namely the inlet, bottom, top and side, with a damping length equal breaks with the hull stern, and the area in the wake generated by the
to ∼1LBP , to prevent reflections from these boundaries. ship. The mesh generation was achieved using similar techniques to
those explained in [39]. Also, convergence tests were performed to
ensure grid-independent mesh configurations, as well as to predict
3.4. Mesh generation the uncertainty of the CFD simulations.
A special near-wall mesh resolution was applied to all surfaces
A cut-cell grid with prism layer mesh on the walls was gener- with no-slip boundary conditions based on the roughness height
ated using the automatic mesh generator in STAR-CCM+. Additional values corresponding to each fouling condition. For this reason, the
refinements were applied to give finer grids in the critical regions, near-wall cell numbers varied for some of the fouling conditions.
such as the area immediately around the plate, the areas around These differences resulted in different total cell numbers. The num-
the trailing and leading edges, and the top edge of the plate as bers of the total cells generated are given in Table 3 for flat plate and
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Table 3 Table 5
Total cell numbers for flat plate. CF results at different mesh configurations for the flat-plate KCS case.
Surface Condition (ks [m]) Cell numbers Mesh configuration Total No. of Cells CF (CFD)
Table 4
Total cell numbers for the full-scale KCS hull. sections for visual convenience, since the domain is rather large.
The refinements to capture the free surface and Kelvin wake are
Surface Condition (ks [m]) Cell numbers
clearly visible in Fig. 8.
ks = 0, ks = 30, ks = 100, ks = 300 4.09 × 106 Fig. 9 clearly shows the effects of additional refinements on the
ks = 1000 4.00 × 106
KCS hull and rudder, especially the ones applied to the free surface,
ks = 3000 3.70 × 106
ks = 10000 3.58 × 106 bow and stern regions.
in Table 4 for the full-scale simulations of the KCS hull. Near-wall 4. Results
mesh generation must be performed with care since this is directly
related to the hull roughness due to marine coatings and biofouling. 4.1. Grid sensitivity study
The prism layer thickness and prism layer numbers were, therefore,
determined such that y+ is always higher than 30, and higher than Systematic studies were performed using the flat plates covered
k+ , as per CD-ADAPCO [51]’s suggestion. with heavy slime and using the KCS hull appended with a rudder
Fig. 8 shows cross-sections of the meshed domain whereas Fig. 9 with a smooth surface condition, in order to carry out a grid sensi-
shows the volume mesh on the KCS hull and rudder. It is of note tivity study and to predict the CFD uncertainties. In order to observe
that, from this point onward, the figures show the whole sections as the effect of cell numbers on the key variable, (CF in flat-plate case
if there is no symmetrical boundary, owing to the visual transform and CT in full-scale KCS hull case), the domain was discretised in
feature of the software. three different resolutions and the simulations were run for each
√
Fig. 8 demonstrates the cross-section from the centreline of the configuration. The grid refinement factor, r, was chosen to be 2 as
hull and the free surface and shows only a portion of the cross- used by Tezdogan et al. [49].
Fig. 9. Volume meshes on the a) bow, b) stern of the KCS hull and rudder.
Table 6 Table 7
CT results at different mesh configurations for the full-scale KCS at 24 knots (Relative Calculation of the discretisation error for CF values of the flat plate.
Difference, D (%), is based on the CT value extrapolated using the experimental data
of Kim et al. [50]). CF
√
r21 , r32 2
Mesh configuration Total No. of Cells CT (CFD) D (%)
1 0.0020222
Coarse 1.07 × 10 6
0.002120 2.30 2 0.0020145
Medium 2.04 × 106 0.002113 1.94 3 0.0020086
Fine 4.09 × 106 0.002097 1.17 pa 0.76829
21
ext 0.0020474
ea 21 0.38077%
The frictional resistance coefficients for each mesh configura- eext 21 1.2327%
GCIfine 21 1.5601%
tion were computed and are given in Table 5 for the flat-plate KCS
case.
Similarly, the total resistance coefficients for each mesh config- Table 8
uration were computed at a design speed of 24 knots and are given Calculation of the discretisation error for CT values of the full-scale KCS.
in CT
Table 6 for full-scale simulation of KCS hull. √
r21 , r32 2
From Tables 5 and 6 it is evident that the variation in drag with
√ 1 0.002097
a 2 refinement ratio are below ∼0.8% and that the total resistance 2 0.002113
coefficient was over-predicted by 1.17%.Therefore, the fine mesh 3 0.002120
configuration was selected in all subsequent computations. pa 2.3853
21
ext 0.0020846
ea 21 0.76299%
4.2. Verification study eext 21 0.59698%
GCIfine 21 0.7418%
A verification study should be carried out to show the capability
of the proposed model and the software for particular calculations.
The approximate and extrapolated relative errors are calculated
The Grid Convergence Index (GCI) Method based on Richardson
using the following equations, respectively.
extrapolation [52,53] was used in this paper’s work for discretisa-
tion error estimation as described by Celik, Ghia [54]. 1 − 2
ea21 = | | (10)
The apparent order of the method, pa , is calculated by 1
1 12 −
ext
pa = | ln |ε32 /ε21 | + q(pa )| (6) 21 1
eext =| | (11)
ln(r21 ) 12
ext
p
r21a − s The fine-grid convergence index is calculated by
q(pa ) = ln p (7)
r32a − s
1.25ea21
21
GCIfine = p (12)
s = 1 · sign ε32 /ε21 (8) r21 − 1
√ The required parameters were calculated for CF and CT values
where r21 and r32 are refinement factors, i.e. 2 in this study, and
32 = 3 − 2, ε21 = 2 − 1, k is the key variable, i.e. CF and CT in and are presented in Table 7 for the flat plate and in Table 8 for the
this case, on the kth grid. full-scale KCS.
The extrapolated values are obtained by As can be seen from Tables 7 and 8, numerical uncertainties of
21
p
p
1.56%, 0.74% were calculated for the computed CF and CT values
ext = r21 1 − 2 / r21 − 1 (9) respectively.
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Table 10 Table 11
Comparison of the computed CF values using different methods at full scale at 19 Comparison of the computed% CF values using different methods at full scale at
knots (Re = 2.29 × 109 ) (Relative Difference, D (%) is based on Granville method). 24 knots (Re = 2.89 × 109 ).
CFD-KCS hull Granville CFD-Flat plate CFD-KCS hull CFD-Flat plate Granville
Table 12
Comparison of the computed% CF values using different methods at full scale at
results obtained using Granville method are listed in the tables. 19 knots (Re = 2.29 × 109 ).
Since the experimental CF values are not available, only the results
Description of condition % CF
from CFD and the similarity law analysis are given for the frictional
drag coefficients in the table. CFD-KCS hull CFD-Flat plate Granville
As Table 9 and 10 jointly show, the results obtained using both Hydraulically smooth surface – – –
of the present CFD methods used in this paper agreed with the Typical as applied AF coating 7.4 7.1 6.3
results obtained using Granville’s method, with differences of less Deteriorated coating or light slime 26.3 26.2 26.6
Heavy slime 45.6 45.9 47.8
than ∼7%. This indicates that the present CFD model stands as a
Small calcareous fouling or weed 72.8 73.3 77.4
suitable technique with which to predict roughness effects on the Medium calcareous fouling 107.1 108.2 118.3
frictional resistance of flat plates of model-scale and full-scale ship Heavy calcareous fouling 157.1 158.2 163.9
lengths, and of full-scale 3D ship hulls. The physical adequacy of
the CFD approach was therefore demonstrated. The results and
comparisons of Haase et al. [40] also support the applicability of The increase in the CF values of the KCS due to a heavy slime con-
the general CFD approach to accurately account for the roughness dition at a ship speed of 24 knots was predicted to be ∼49%, ∼50%
effects on the frictional resistance of flat plates and ships. and ∼52%, by CFD-KCS hull, CFD-Flat plate and Granville’s methods
It is interesting to note that the all CF values obtained at ship respectively, whereas these values altered to ∼163%, ∼164% and
speeds of 24 knots and 19 knots using “CFD-KCS hull” method ∼171% respectively for a heavy calcareous fouling condition, as can
are higher than those obtained using “CFD-Flat plate” method and be seen in Table 11 and Fig. 11.
those obtained using “Granville” method. The results presented in Table 12 and Fig. 12 indicate that the
The increase in the frictional resistance of the KCS due to dif- increase in CF of the KCS due to heavy slime at a slow steaming
ferent surface conditions with respect to those of a hydraulically ship speed of 19 knots was predicted to be ∼46%, ∼46% and ∼48%,
smooth, predicted using the different techniques, are demonstrated by CFD-KCS hull, CFD-Flat plate and Granville’s methods respec-
in Table 11 and Fig. 11 for 24 knots and in Table 12 and Fig. 12 for tively, whereas these values altered to ∼157%, ∼158% and ∼164%
19 knots. respectively for a heavy calcareous fouling condition.
Fig. 11. Estimation of the percentage increase in the frictional resistance of the KCS due to different surface conditions at 24 knots (Re = 2.89 × 109 ).
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Fig. 12. Estimation of the percentage increase in the frictional resistance of the KCS due to different surface conditions at 19 knots (Re = 2.29 × 109 ).
The results obtained using “CFD-KCS hull” method presented in increase in CF values, ranging from ∼77% to ∼163% at 24 knots and
Tables 11 and 12 indicate that the increase in CF due to the hull ∼73% to ∼157% at 19 knots, depending on the type of calcareous
roughness of a typical antifouling (AF) coating is 10.9% at 24 knots fouling and ship speed.
and 7.4% at 19 knots, whereas the increase in CF due to biofouling is The results presented are in accordance with the results of
predicted to be dramatic, which would lead to a drastic increase in Schultz [15]. It should be borne in mind that the increase due to
the fuel consumption and hence CO2 emissions. The increase in the roughness of different marine coatings are still of importance when
frictional resistance of the KCS due to a deteriorated coating or light considering the fuel consumption of a ship.
slime surface condition was predicted to be 29.4% at a ship speed of
24 knots and to be 26.3% at a ship speed of 19 knots. These values 4.4.2. Residuary and wave resistance
became 49.2% and 45.6% when calculating the increase in CF due Residuary resistance coefficient, CR , values of the full-scale KCS
to a heavy slime condition. Calcareous fouling causes significant model were directly predicted by the present CFD simulations.
Fig. 13. CR values of the full scale KCS for different surface conditions at ship speeds of 19 (Re = 2.29 × 109) and 24 knots (Re = 2.89 × 109 ).
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Fig. 14. CW values of the full scale KCS for different surface conditions at ship speeds of 19 (Re = 2.29 × 109) and 24 knots (Re = 2.89 × 109 ).
Fig. 15. Estimation of the percentage change in the wave resistance of the KCS due to different surface conditions at 24 knots (Re = 2.89 × 109 ).
Fig. 16. Wave pattern around the KCS for smooth and heavy calcareous fouling conditions (V = 24 knots).
Fig. 18. CT values of the full scale KCS for different surface conditions at ship speeds of 19 (Re = 2.29 × 109) and 24 knots (Re = 2.89 × 109 ).
from Fig. 22, the existence of heavy calcareous fouling on the KCS 5. Discussion and conclusions
hull caused increases in the boundary layer thickness, ␦, which is
defined as the distance between the wall and the point where the A CFD model for the prediction of the effect of biofouling on
axial velocity magnitude of the flow reaches the proportion of 0.99 ship resistance has been proposed and the effect of biofouling
of the free-stream velocity, i.e. U = 0.99 V, compared to an otherwise on ship resistance was investigated using CFD. A new roughness
identical fouling-free KCS. The present findings are consistent with function model, which was developed based on the roughness func-
the experimental data of other researchers (e.g. Schultz and Flack tion values of Schultz and Flack [41], was proposed and employed
[41], Schultz and Flack [59], Flack et al. [60], Flack et al. [61], Schultz in the wall-function of the solver and a series of unsteady RANS
[62]). simulations were carried out to predict the effect of a range of repre-
It is interesting to note that the velocity and turbulent kinetic sentative coating and biofouling conditions on the resistances of flat
energy contours shown in Figs. 20 and 22 are unexpectedly showing plates representing the KCS and the full-scale KCS model appended
a spike at the centre plane due to the implementation of symmetry with a rudder. Firstly, the total resistance coefficient of the full-scale
conditions at the symmetry plane (see Fig. 6). KCS model was obtained at a ship speed of 24 knots and compared
Fig. 19. Estimation of the percentage increase in the resistance and effective power of the KCS due to different surface conditions at 24 knots (Re = 2.89 × 109 ).
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Fig. 20. a) Velocity and b) turbulent kinetic energy contours at the midship of the KCS hull for smooth and heavy calcareous fouling conditions (V = 24 knots).
with the total resistance coefficient extrapolated using the exper- 37% at 19 knots for a heavy slime condition. These values altered to
imental data of Kim et al. [50] for validation. It was shown that 49.1%, 72.6% and 107.5% at 24 knots and 59.5%, 88.2% and 130.9% at
the total resistance coefficient was over-predicted by 1.17% with a 19 knots for small calcareous fouling or weed, medium calcareous
numerical uncertainty of ∼0.74%. Following this, systematic stud- fouling and heavy calcareous fouling, respectively.
ies were performed using the flat plates covered with heavy slime An important finding of the study is that the wave resistance and
and using the KCS hull appended with a rudder with a smooth sur- wave systems are significantly affected by the hull roughness and
face condition, in order to carry out a grid sensitivity study and to hence viscous effects, which is contrary to the major assumption
predict the CFD uncertainties. which proposes that the wave resistance is not markedly affected
Fully nonlinear unsteady RANS simulations to predict the effect by surface roughness and viscosity. The reduction in the wave resis-
of a range of representative coating and biofouling conditions on tance of the KCS hull in heavy calcareous fouling condition was
the frictional resistances of a flat plate, representing the KCS, and found to be 55.8% at 24 knots and 72.3% at 19 knots.
on the frictional, residuary, wave and total resistance and effective It should be borne in mind that this study’s aim was to propose
power of the KCS, have been carried out at two speeds, correspond- a robust CFD model to predict the fouling impact on ship resis-
ing to service and slow steaming speeds. tance. For this reason, an appropriate representative roughness
The resulting CF values obtained using flat plate CFD simula- function model was employed in spite of the slight discrepan-
tions and using 3D full-scale CFD simulations were compared with cies between the individual roughness function values and the
each other and with those obtained using the similarity law proce- model, especially in the transitionally rough regime. Without a
dure of Granville [9] to examine the applicability of the proposed doubt, these conditions and the roughness functions used in this
CFD model, since the literature does not offer any full-scale exper- paper may not necessarily represent all types of fouling conditions,
imental results. It was shown that the present CFD model can be since the assumptions made are based on the observations made in
used for simulating roughness effects on the frictional resistance [6,15]. Future pieces of work may be the investigation of the rough-
of flat plates and on the resistance of full-scale 3D ship hulls and ness function behaviours of heterogeneous fouling accumulation,
that different types of roughness can be defined by modifying the as seen on hulls, and an investigation into the range of applicability
wall-function of the software. This means that the CFD method can of the selected roughness length scale for the present conditions.
be used to predict the effects of such roughness on the resistance Having shown the applicability of the wall-function approach
components of any arbitrary body without being obliged to conduct to account for the roughness effects of AF coatings and biofouling
further experiments, once the relationship between the rough- on full-scale 3D ship hulls, this approach can be used to simulate
ness functions and roughness Reynolds numbers of each surface this effect on more complex structures such as on self-propelled
is known. ships with a rotating propeller. Another interesting future plan is
The increase in the effective power of the full-scale KCS hull to investigate the roughness effects on the total drag and effective
were predicted to be 7.1% at a ship speed of 24 knots and 5.9% at power of ships of a more realistic spatial distribution of fouling on
a ship speed of 19 knots for a typical as applied antifouling (AF) ship hulls.
coating, 18.1% at 24 knots and 21.2% at 19 knots for a deterio- It is important to note that the application of the proposed wall-
rated coating or light slime condition and 30.8% at 24 knots and functions does not cause any additional run-time for a typical CFD
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Fig. 21. a) Velocity and b) turbulent kinetic energy contours at the midship of the flat plate representing KCS hull for smooth and heavy calcareous fouling conditions (V = 24
knots) (Grid spacing is in meter).
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