Pontoon Bridge Hydrodynamic Computations by Multi-block Grid Generation Technique

To investigate the hydrodynamic characteristic of pontoon bridge, the multi-block grid generation technique with numerical methods for viscous fluid dynamics is applied to numerical simulations on the hydrodynamic characteristic of a ribbon ferrying raft model at a series of towing speeds. Comparison of the simulated results with the experimental data indicates that the simulated results are acceptable. It shows that the multi-block grid generation technique is effective in the computation on pontoon bridge hydrodynamics.