A Coupled VOF-Eulerian Multiphase CFD Model to Simulate Breaking Wave Impacts on Offshore Structures
Breaking wave-induced loads on offshore structures can be extremely severe. The air entrainment mechanism during the breaking process plays a not well-known role in the exerted forces. This paper present a CFD solver, developed in the Open-FOAM environment, capable of simulating the wave breaking-in...
| Published in: | Volume 2: CFD and VIV |
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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American Society of Mechanical Engineers
2016
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| Online Access: | https://orbit.dtu.dk/en/publications/87f01b88-e964-455e-a29f-1dd40c293c1f https://doi.org/10.1115/OMAE2016-54876 |
| Summary: | Breaking wave-induced loads on offshore structures can be extremely severe. The air entrainment mechanism during the breaking process plays a not well-known role in the exerted forces. This paper present a CFD solver, developed in the Open-FOAM environment, capable of simulating the wave breaking-induced air entrainment. Firstly the model was validated against a bubble column flow. Then it was employed to compute the in-line force exerted by a spilling breaking wave on a vertical cylinder in a 3D domain at a laboratory scale. Results showed that the entrained bubbles affected the magnitude of the force partially. Further analyses on the interaction of the bubble plume with the flow around the cylinder are needed. |
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