Daniel Veen is a PhD student with CMST, studying smooth particle hydrodynamics on high speed vessel slamming.

EMAIL: D.Veen
Telephone: +61 8 9266 7225

CAPABILITY STATEMENT

NAME: Daniel Veen
ENROLLED DEGREE: PhD

QUALIFICATIONS:

2004 - BSc (Physics) (Curtin)
2006 - BSc (Physics) (Honours) with First Class Honours (Curtin)

RESEARCH BACKGROUND/INTERESTS:

Computational Fluid Dynamics

SUPERVISORS:

Dr Tim Gourlay
Dr Kim Klaka

RESEARCH PROJECT:

A Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics Study of Ocean Wave Slamming on High Speed Vessels

Numerical modeling of extreme motion of large floating objects in waves has met with only limited success using available techniques in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), particularly when wave impacts or spray are involved. A new computational method, Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH), has been developed for non-marine applications in recent years and there is a growing realisation that use of SPH might improve fluid-structure interface models. This project aims to explore the available SPH codes and develop these further to create a maritime specific SPH code. The result will be a program that can predict the fluid-structure interaction of wet deck slamming of high speed vessels, a phenomenon that has proven to be difficult to model using traditional CFD methods.