Accuracy and stability of a set of free-surface time-domain boundary element models based on B-splines
An analysis is given for the accuracy and stability of some perturbation-based time-domain boundary element models (BEMs) with B-spline basis functions, solving hydrodynamic free-surface problems, including forward speed effects. The spatial convergence rate is found as a function of the order of the B-spline basis. It is shown that for all the models examined the mixed implicit-explicit Euler time integration scheme is correct to second order. Stability diagrams are found for models based on B-splines of orders third through to sixth for two different time integration schemes. The stability analysis can be regarded as an extension of the analysis by Vada and Nakos [Vada T, Nakos DE. Time marching schemes for ship motion simulations. In Proceedings of the gth International Workshop on Water Waves and Floating Bodies, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, 1993; 155-158] to include B-splines of orders higher than three (piecewise quadratic polynomials) and to include finite water depth and a current at an oblique angle to the model grid. Copyright (C) 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
time-domain boundary element model b-splines stability analysis higher-order basis functions three-dimensional