OVERHAUSER TRIANGULAR ELEMENTS FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL POTENTIAL PROBLEMS USING BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHODS

1996 ◽  
Vol 39 (24) ◽  
pp. 4183-4198 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. F. DURODOLA ◽  
R. T. FENNER
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Element ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Boundary Element Methods ◽  
Potential Problems ◽  
Triangular Elements

Efficient Computations of Fully-Nonlinear Wave Interactions With Floating Structures

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongmei Yan ◽  
Yuming Liu
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Element ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Nonlinear Effects ◽  
Computational Effort ◽  
Boundary Element Methods ◽  
Computational Method ◽  
Wave Interactions ◽  
Time Step ◽  
Fully Nonlinear

We consider the problem of fully nonlinear three-dimensional wave interactions with floating bodies with or without a forward speed. A highly efficient time-domain computational method is developed in the context of potential flow formulation using the pre-corrected Fast Fourier Transform (PFFT) algorithm based on a high-order boundary element method. The method reduces the computational effort in solving the boundary-value problem at each time step to O(NlnN) from O(N2∼3) of the classical boundary element methods, where N is the total number of unknowns. The high efficiency of this method allows accurate computations of fully-nonlinear hydrodynamic loads, wave runups, and motions of surface vessels and marine structures in rough seas. We apply this method to study the hydrodynamics of floating objects with a focus on the understanding of fully nonlinear effects in the presence of extreme waves and large-amplitude body motions.

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