2 papers
physics.flu-dyn2025
Rapid Aerodynamic Assessment of Flettner Rotor Installations Using an Inviscid CFD Approach
Niklas Kühl
This paper introduces an inviscid Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) approach for the rapid aerodynamic assessment of Flettner rotor systems on ships. The method relies on the Eule…
physics.flu-dyn2025
Identification of Beneficial and Detrimental Structure Locations Around Flettner Rotors Using Topology-Optimization-Inspired Sensitivity Fields
Niklas Kühl
Flettner rotors are highly sensitive to their surrounding flow field and may be significantly affected by nearby ship structures, deck cargo, and superstructures. Assessing the aer…