Research Article

Numerical Method to Simulate Self-Propulsion of Aframax Tanker in Irregular Waves

Table 4

Grid size for convergence tests in the regular case.

Grid schemeHullBackgroundTotal

Coarse0.34 million0.72 million1.05 million
Medium0.89 million1.98 million2.88 million
Fine2.48 million5.05 million7.54 million