The formation of surfable waves in a circular wave pool - comparison of numerical and experimental approaches

This paper investigates the capability of a numericalapproach to address the problem of designing a wave pool. Thenumerical approach developed has the potential to reduce thenumber of design alternatives which require testing byeliminating poor performing designs early in the design cycle.For the th...

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Main Authors: Javanmardi, M, Binns, J, Renilson, MR, Thomas, G, Schmied, SA, Huijsmans, R
Format: Conference Object
Language:English
Published: American Society of Mechanical Engineers 2012
Subjects:
Engineering
Maritime Engineering
Ship and Platform Hydrodynamics
Arctic
Online Access:https://www.asme.org
http://ecite.utas.edu.au/82602
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Summary:This paper investigates the capability of a numericalapproach to address the problem of designing a wave pool. Thenumerical approach developed has the potential to reduce thenumber of design alternatives which require testing byeliminating poor performing designs early in the design cycle.For the three dimensional computations in the present study, theCFD software FLUENT (which solves the RANS equationswith finite-volume approach and uses the volume of fluidtechnique to simulate the free-surface motion) was utilized.Pressure source models in straight and round tracks weresimulated. Predicted results agreed closely with experimentdata.

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