Wave impact tool

The Bedfordshire UK based postgraduate institution, Cranfield University, has completed the development and demonstration of an analysis tool called Wave-X, capable of predicting the response of ships and offshore structures to extreme ocean waves. The techniques of Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) have been applied to produce a computational model of ocean waves interacting with structures. Cranfield’ s engineering team is able to carry out modelling of bespoke designs to allow naval architects to predict how such designs would respond under the impact of extreme waves.