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Using Computational Fluid Dynamics To Predict Drag On A Boat Hull, John Howland, Zhaohui (George) Qin, Timothy B. Dewhurst

The Research and Scholarship Symposium (2013-2019)

For many years Cedarville University’s Solar Boat team has been designing and creating boat hulls. One of the key elements in designing a hull is to decrease the amount of drag or resistance the boat has when moving through the water. Previous mechanical engineering seniors at Cedarville University have attempted to use computational fluid dynamics or CFD to predict the drag on the Solar Boat hull with software called Fluent produced by Ansys. However, they have been unsuccessful due to the complexity when trying to model two phases of flow, e.g. air and water. The project however, was successful in …