A SPH numerical wave basin for modeling wave-structure interactions

Hongjie Wen (Lead / Corresponding author), Bing Ren (Lead / Corresponding author), Ping Dong (Lead / Corresponding author), Yongxue Wang (Lead / Corresponding author)

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Abstract

Based on a parallel SPH-LES model, a three dimensional numerical wave basin is developed to study wave interaction with coastal structures. The OpenMP programming technology combined with an existing MPI program contained in the parallel version of SPHysics code has been implemented to enable the simulation of hundred millions of particles running on a computer cluster. As part of the numerical basin development work an active absorbing wave maker and a sponge layer are introduced. The dynamic boundary conditions are also corrected to reduce the spurious effects. Wave generation and propagation in the numerical wave basin is first tested and confirmed with analytical results. Then, the model is applied to simulate wave interactions with a vertical breakwater and a vertical cylinder in order to further assess the capability of the numerical wave basin. The predicted free surface elevation near the vertical breakwater is compared with the experimental data while the horizontal forces and overturning moments acting on the vertical cylinder are verified with the analytical results. In all these cases the model results show excellent agreement with the validation data.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)366-377
Number of pages12
JournalApplied Ocean Research
Volume59
Early online date15 Jul 2016
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2016

Keywords

  • Data decomposition
  • Domain decomposition
  • Numerical wave basin
  • SPH-LES
  • Wave-structure interaction

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Ocean Engineering

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