Near-field flows due to ships or offshore structures 船舶和海洋结构物的近场流动

The talk will present an overview of the part of the book “Far-field waves and near-field flows due to ships or offshore structures” that considers two fundamental elements in the analysis of radiation and diffraction of water waves by large bodies such as offshore structures and ships: the formulation of alternative boundary-integral flow representations and a new method of solution called Fourier-Kochin method. The simple integral equation and the Fourier-Kochiin method given in the book lay the foundation of a new type of panel methods for computing near-field flows and far-field waves created by ships or offshore structures.

Professor Francis Noblesse is an internationally renowned expert in ship and offshore hydrodynamics. After a 31-year career at the David Taylor Model Basin in the USA, he was chair prof in the School of Ocean and Civil Engineering at SJTU for 9 years (from 2013 until 2022). He has made many important academic contribution that are widely used in the field of ship and offshore hydrodynamics. His research work mainly focuses on the development of practical methods and tools for the flows around ships and offshore structures. Its applications include: diffraction-radiation of regular waves by offshore structures in deep water or in finite water depth, flows around ships advancing in calm deep water or in finite water depth, and ships advancing through regular waves. He has published over 110 journal articles and recently wrote a book that provides a solid foundation for the analysis of radiation and diffraction of water waves by large bodies such as offshore structures and ships.