Reply To: Simulating wind response of a floating body

[Aalif Mohammed]

Thanks rob! I have already looked at the multiphase VOF model in fluent but a problem I am encountering is that the solid body in fluent is static and does not move due to the forces acting on it. I want the body to be at the water surface and tilt and rotate slightly due to wind impact. I find options to prescribe motion eg using dynamic meshing -SDOF but i am not sure if the forces on the module due to wind will have any effect on its motion. Will I be able to simulate motion due to aerodynamic forces in fluent using an overset mesh?