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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ftunivtasecite:oai:ecite.utas.edu.au:82602 2023-05-15T14:27:12+02:00 The formation of surfable waves in a circular wave pool - comparison of numerical and experimental approaches Javanmardi, M Binns, J Renilson, MR Thomas, G Schmied, SA Huijsmans, R 2012 https://www.asme.org http://ecite.utas.edu.au/82602 en eng American Society of Mechanical Engineers Javanmardi, M and Binns, J and Renilson, MR and Thomas, G and Schmied, SA and Huijsmans, R, The formation of surfable waves in a circular wave pool - comparison of numerical and experimental approaches, Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE, 1-6 July, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, pp. 325-331. ISBN 978-0-7918-4491-5 (2012) [Refereed Conference Paper] http://ecite.utas.edu.au/82602 Engineering Maritime Engineering Ship and Platform Hydrodynamics Refereed Conference Paper PeerReviewed 2012 ftunivtasecite 2019-12-13T21:47:29Z 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. Conference Object Arctic eCite UTAS (University of Tasmania) |
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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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The formation of surfable waves in a circular wave pool - comparison of numerical and experimental approaches |
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The formation of surfable waves in a circular wave pool - comparison of numerical and experimental approaches |
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The formation of surfable waves in a circular wave pool - comparison of numerical and experimental approaches |
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The formation of surfable waves in a circular wave pool - comparison of numerical and experimental approaches |
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formation of surfable waves in a circular wave pool - comparison of numerical and experimental approaches |
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Javanmardi, M and Binns, J and Renilson, MR and Thomas, G and Schmied, SA and Huijsmans, R, The formation of surfable waves in a circular wave pool - comparison of numerical and experimental approaches, Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE, 1-6 July, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, pp. 325-331. ISBN 978-0-7918-4491-5 (2012) [Refereed Conference Paper] http://ecite.utas.edu.au/82602 |
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