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Development of a point absorber wave energy converter for investigation of wake effects in large scale Ghent University
Numerical modeling of wake effects of a farm of wave energy converters: computational performance evaluation Ghent University
Numerical modelling of near-field and far-field wake effects of a farm of wave energy converters Ghent University
Numerical modelling of near-field and far-field wake effects of a farm of wave energy converters Ghent University
Wake effect assessment of a flap type wave energy converter farm under realistic environmental conditions by using a numerical coupling methodology Ghent University
Application of a buoyancy-modified k-ω SST turbulence model to simulate wave run-up around a monopile subjected to regular waves using OpenFOAM ® KU Leuven Ghent University
© 2017 Elsevier B.V. The objective of the present work is to investigate wave run-up around a monopile subjected to regular waves inside a numerical wave flume using the Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) toolbox OpenFOAM®. Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) turbulence modelling is performed by applying the k-ω SST model. Boundary conditions for wave generation and absorption are adopted from the IHFOAM toolbox. Simulations of propagating ...
Performance of a buoyancy-modified k-ω and k-ω SST turbulence model for simulating wave breaking under regular waves using OpenFOAM® KU Leuven Ghent University
© 2018 Elsevier B.V. In this work, the performance of a buoyancy-modified turbulence model is shown for simulating wave breaking in a numerical wave flume. Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) modelling is performed by applying both a k-ω and a k-ω SST turbulence model using the Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) toolbox OpenFOAM. In previous work of the authors (Devolder et al., 2017), the observed significant decrease in wave height over the ...
Reduction of wave overtopping and force impact at harbor quays due to very oblique waves Flanders Hydraulics
Physical model experiments were conducted in a wave tank at Flanders Hydraulics Research, Antwerp, Belgium, to characterize the wave overtopping and impact force on vertical quay walls and sloping sea dike (1:2.5) under very oblique wave attack (angle between 45° and 80°). This study was triggered by the scarce scientific literature on the overtopping and force reduction due to very oblique waves since large reduction is expected for both when ...
Wind Generated Rogue Waves in an Annular Wave Flume KU Leuven
We investigate experimentally the statistical properties of a wind-generated wave field and the spontaneous formation of rogue waves in an annular flume. Unlike many experiments on rogue waves where waves are mechanically generated, here the wave field is forced naturally by wind as it is in the ocean. What is unique about the present experiment is that the annular geometry of the tank makes waves propagating circularly in an unlimited-fetch ...