Publications

Calm water resistance simulations

V. Vukcevic, H. Jasak, and I. Gatin. Implementation of the Ghost Fluid Method for Free Surface Flows in Polyhedral Finite Volume Framework. Comput. Fluids, 153:1–19, 2017.

V. Vukcevic, I. Gatin, and H. Jasak. Linearized Free Surface URANS Approach for Ship Hydrodynamics. In Proceedings of the 20th Numerical Towing Tank Symposium, NUTTS, pages 228–233, October 2017.

I. Gatin, H. Jasak, and V. Vukcevic. Validation and Verification of Steady Resistance KCS Simulations With Sinkage and Trim Using Embedded Free Surface Method. In Proceedings of the Tokyo 2015: A Workshop on CFD in Ship Hydrodynamics, volume 3, pages 431–436, December 2015.

I. Gatin, V. Vukcevic, and H. Jasak. CFD Validation of a Container Ship in Calm Water and Head Seas. In Proceedings of the 18th Numerical Towing Tank Symposium, NUTTS, September 2015.

H. Jasak, V. Vukcevic, and D. Christ. Rapid Free Surface Simulation for Steady-State Hull Resistance with FVM using OpenFOAM. In Proceedings of the 30th Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics, pages 548–554, November 2014.

V. Vukcevic and H. Jasak. OpenFOAM in Marine Hydrodynamics. In Proceedings of the XXI. Symposium Sorta, October 2014.

I. Gatin, V. Vukcevic, V. Skuric, H. Jasak. Fully Automated Ship Resistance Prediction using the Naval Hydro Pack, NAV 2018 Conference, Trieste, Italy.

R. Pigazzini, T. Puzzer, S. Martini, M. Morgut, G. Contento, I. Gatin, V. Vukcevic, H. Jasak, E. Begovic, S. Caldarella, M. De Santis, A. Migali. Experimental and Numerical Prediction of the Hydrodynamic Performances of a 65 ft Planing Hull in Calm Water, NAV 2018 Conference, Trieste, Italy.

N. Hadzic, I. Gatin, T. Uroic, V. Lozar. Biofouling dynamic and its impact on ship powering and dry-docking, Ocean Engineering, Volume 245, 1 February 2022, 110522

I. Gatin, J. Čokić, D. Romić and J. Parunov: CFD Study on the Influence of Exostructure Elements on the Resistance of a Submarine, Marine Science and Engineering, Volume 10, pp. 1542, 2022

Wave/current loads simulations

I. Gatin,  S. Liu, C. Obhrai, V. Vukcevic, H. Jasak.  Finite Volume method for general compressible naval hydrodynamics, Ocean Engineering, 196, 2020.

S. Liu, I. Gatin, C. Obhrai, M.C. Ong, H. Jasak.   CFD simulations of violent breaking wave impacts on a vertical wall using a two-phase compressible solver, Coastal Engineering, 154, 2019.

V. Vukcevic, H. Jasak, and S. Malenica. Decomposition model for naval hydrodynamic applications, Part I: Computational method. Ocean Engineering, 121:37-46, 2016.

V. Vukcevic, H. Jasak, and S. Malenica. Decomposition model for naval hydrodynamic applications, Part II: Verification and validation. Ocean Engineering, 121:76-88, 2016.

I. Gatin, V. Vukcevic, and H. Jasak. Coupling of Higher Order Spectral Method and Computational Fluid Dynamics. In Proceedings of the XXII. Symposium Sorta, pages 127-134, October 2016.

V. Vukcevic, H. Jasak, and S. Malenica. Assessment of Higher-Order Forces on a Vertical Cylinder with Decompostion Model Based on SWENSE Method. In Proceedings of the 18th Numerical Towing Tank Symposium, NUTTS, September 2015.

V. Vukcevic, H. Jasak, and S. Malenica. Solution and Domain Decomposition Model for Naval Hydrodynamics: RANS and Potential Flow Coupling. In Proceedings of the VI International Conference on Computational Methods in Marine Engineering (MARINE 2015), pages 903-918, June 2015.

H. Jasak, V. Vukcevic, and I. Gatin. Numerical Simulation of Wave Loads on Static Offshore Structures. In CFD for Wind and Tidal Offshore Turbines, pages 95-105. Springer Tracts in Mechanical Engineering, 2015.

I. Gatin, V. Vukcevic, and H. Jasak. Simulation of Wave Impact Loads in OpenFOAM. In Proceedings of the XXI. Symposium Sorta, October 2014.

V. Vukcevic and H. Jasak. A Conservative Level Set Method for Interface Capturing in Two-Phase flows. In Proceedings of the 11th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM XI), pages 1082-1095, July 2014.

H. Jasak, I. Gatin, and V. Vukcevic. Numerical Simulation of Wave Loading on Static Offshore Structures. In Proceedings of the 11th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM XI), pages 5151-5159, July 2014.

I. Gatin, H. Jasak, V. Vukcevic, S. Downie. Focused Wave Loading on a Fixed FPSO using Naval Hydro Pack. The 28th International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference, 10-15 June 2018, Sapporo, Japan, ISBN N 978-1-880653-87-6; ISSN 1098-6189.

Seakeeping simulations

E. Begović, I. Gatin, H. Jasak and B. Rinauro. CFD simulations for surf-riding occurrence assessment. Ocean Engineering, 2020.

I. Gatin, V. Vukcevic, and H. Jasak. A Framework for Efficient Irregular Wave Simulations Using Higher Order Spectral Method Coupled With Viscous Two Phase Model. Journal of Ocean Engineering and Science, 2017.

Jasak, H. and Gatin, I. and Vukcevic, V. Monolithic Coupling of the Pressure and Rigid Body Motion Equations in Computational Marine Hydrodynamics. Journal of Marine Science and Application, pages 1–7, 2017.

Gatin, V. Vukcevic, H. Jasak and H. Rusche. Enhanced coupling of solid body motion and fluid flow in finite volume framework. Ocean Engineering, 143:295–304, 2017.

V. Vukcevic. Numerical modelling of coupled potential and viscous flow for marine applications. PhD thesis, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Zagreb, 2016.

V. Vukcevic, B. Sojat, I. Gatin and H. Jasak. Validation and Verification of Seakeeping in OpenFOAM. In Proceedings of the XXII. Symposium Sorta, pages 135–142, October 2016.

V. Vukcevic, H. Jasak, I. Gatin, and S. Malenica. Seakeeping Sensitivity Studies Using the Decomposition CFD Model Based on the Ghost Fluid Method. In Proceedings of the 31st Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics, September 2016.

V. Vukcevic and H. Jasak. Validation and Verification of Decomposition Model Based on Embedded Free Surface Method for Oblique Wave Seakeeping Simulations. In Proceedings of the Tokyo 2015: A Workshop on CFD in Ship Hydrodynamics, volume 3, December 2015.

V. Vukcevic and H. Jasak. Seakeeping Validation and Verification Using Decomposition Model Based on Embedded Free Surface Method. In Proceedings of the Tokyo 2015: A Workshop on CFD in Ship Hydrodynamics, volume 3, pages 437–442, December 2015.

Green water simulations

I. Gatin, V. Vukcevic, H. Jasak, J. Seo and S. H. Rhee. CFD Verification and Validation of Green Sea Loads. Ocean Engineering.

I. Gatin, V. Vukcevic, and H. Jasak. Towards Multiscale Green Sea Loads Simulations in Irregular Waves with the Naval Hydro Pack. In 12th OpenFOAM Workshop, July 2017.

H. Jasak, I. Gatin, V. Vukcevic. Accurate Green Water Loads Calculation Using Naval Hydro Pack. COTech 2017, Stavanger, Norway.

I. Gatin, N. Vladimir, Š. Malenica, H. Jasak Green sea loads in irregular waves with Finite Volume method. Ocean Engineering, 2019, V. 171, pages 554-564

Propeller open water curve simulations

B. Seb. Numerical characterisation of a ship propeller. Master’s thesis, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Zagreb, 2017.

Self propulsion simulations

S. Đurasević, I. Gatin, T. Uroić, H. Jasak. Hydrodynamic performance of a full-scale ship with a Pre-Swirl Duct: A numerical study with partially rotating grid method. Ocean Engineering, 283 (2023), 115049.

S. Đurasević, I. Gatin, T. Uroić, H. Jasak. Partially rotating grid method for self-propulsion calculations with a double body ship model. Ocean Engineering, 266 (2022), 113105.

S. Đurasević, I. Gatin, T. Uroić, H. Jasak. Numerical analysis of self-propulsion flow characteristics in model scale. Ocean Engineering, 259 (2022), 111885.

H. Jasak, V. Vukcevic, I. Gatin, I. Lalovic. CFD Validation and Grid Sensitivity Studies of Full Scale Ship Self Propulsion. International Journal of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering. May 2018.

V. Vukcevic, H. Jasak, I. Gatin, and T. Uroic. Ship Scale Self Propulsion CFD Simulation Results Compared to Sea Trial Measurements. In Proceedings of the VII MARINE 2017 conference, pages 1052-1061, May 2017.

Bakica, A; Gatin, I; Vukčević, VuVo; Jasak, H; Vladimir, N. Accurate assessment of ship-propulsion characteristics using CFD. Ocean Engineering, 175 (2019), 149-162.

Offshore

H. Jasak.  CFD Analysis in Subsea and Marine Technology, IOP Conf. Ser.: Mater. Sci. Eng. 276 012009

Maneuvring simulations

V. Vukcevic, A. Östman, and H. Jasak. Rapid Simulations of Pure Sway Motion Using FVM in OpenFOAM. In SIMMAN 2014: Workshop on Verification and Validation of Ship Manoeuvring Simulation Methods, December 2014.

Trim optimisation

I. Gatin, M. Servos, and H. Jasak. Investigating Trim Optimisation in Waves for an AFRAMAX Tanker Using CFD. HullPIC 2020, October 2020.