ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the design approach and the testing effort devoted to provide a reliable and well identified physical model before the towing-tank tests were carried out for giving key insights into the wetdeck load and responses as well as an Fluid-Structure Interaction (FSI) validation dataset for numerical solvers. The investigation of wetdeck slamming phenomenon is a challenging FSI problem for both experimental and numerical analysis, requiring detailed design and structural assessment of the physical model. The wetdeck is the most critical component of the experimental platform because FSI modeling of the wetdeck slam events fully benefits of a correct representation of its structural properties. Conducting a systematic set of tests for identifying the structural properties of the elastic bodies interacting with the fluid gives the chance to validate or even update the structural models included in the FSI solver.
