scholarly journals MODELLING OF BREAKING WAVES IN TSUNAMI AND SLOSHING WAVES BY A NEW PARTICLE METHOD

2014 ◽  
Vol 34 ◽  
pp. 1460375 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mimi Gao ◽  
Chan Ghee Koh ◽  
Min Luo ◽  
Wei Bai

The recently developed Consistent Particle Method (CPM) is used to model breaking waves in tsunami and violent sloshing waves in a moving tank. Solving the Navier-Stokes equations in a semi-implicit time stepping scheme, the CPM eliminates the use of kernel function which is somewhat arbitrarily defined and used in other particle methods. It is demonstrated that the method is applicable to large amplitude free surface wave problems that involve breaking phenomenon. Tsunami wave impact on a fixed structure is modeled using CPM. The simulated results show fairly good agreement to the actual nonlinear wave motions including overturning and breaking of waves. Large amplitude sloshing waves in a moving tank are investigated with CPM. Experiment was conducted in the laboratory to verify the CPM solutions. The hydrodynamic pressure computed by the CPM agrees well with the experimental results.

Author(s):  
Bogdan Iwanowski ◽  
Henrik Grigorian ◽  
Ingar Scherf

Subsidence of the Ekofisk platforms creates several operational challenges. For safety of the platforms, it is of great importance to find the wave impact loads acting on the platforms’ decks. The paper describes how such loads can be computed. Three theoretical wave models are discussed in the paper: the Airy wave, Airy wave modified through Wheeler stretching and the 5th order non-linear Stokes wave. The wave loads for these wave models are computed by various methods. The method based on momentum displacement approach and Morison-type equation developed by Dr. Kaplan is used as a reference point. The loads are also computed through a solution of complete Navier-Stokes equations, with the Volume of Fluid (VOF) method used to trace motion of the fluid’s free surface. Results of different wave models and different computational methods are compared and discussed.


Author(s):  
T. Tanuma ◽  
N. Shibukawa ◽  
S. Yamamoto

An implicit time-marching higher-order accurate finite-difference method for solving the two-dimensional compressible Navier-Stokes equations was applied to the numerical analyses of steady and unsteady, subsonic and transonic viscous flows through gas turbine cascades with trailing edge coolant ejection. Annular cascade tests were carried out to verify the accuracy of the present analysis. The unsteady aerodynamic mechanisms associated with the interaction between the trailing edge vortices and shock waves and the effect of coolant ejection were evaluated with the present analysis.


2015 ◽  
Vol 767 ◽  
pp. 364-393 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Lubin ◽  
S. Glockner

AbstractThe scope of this work is to present and discuss the results obtained from simulating three-dimensional plunging breaking waves by solving the Navier–Stokes equations, in air and water. Recent progress in computational capabilities has allowed us to run fine three-dimensional simulations, giving us the opportunity to study for the first time fine vortex filaments generated during the early stage of the wave breaking phenomenon. To date, no experimental observations have been made in laboratories, and these structures have only been visualised in rare documentary footage (e.g. BBC 2009 South Pacific. Available on YouTube, 7BOhDaJH0m4). These fine coherent structures are three-dimensional streamwise vortical tubes, like vortex filaments, connecting the splash-up and the main tube of air, elongated in the main flow direction. The first part of the paper is devoted to the presentation of the model and numerical methods. The air entrainment occurring when waves break is then carefully described. Thanks to the high resolution of the grid, these fine elongated structures are simulated and explained.


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