Topic
Wave flume
About: Wave flume is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 1627 publications have been published within this topic receiving 23335 citations.
Papers published on a yearly basis
Papers
More filters
TL;DR: In this article, a phase-averaged wave model was used to simulate wave transformation and calculate radiation stresses, while a flow model (2-dimensional depth averaged or quasi-3D) is used to calculate the resulting wave driven currents.
125 citations
TL;DR: Based on a time-domain HOBEM (higher-order boundary element method), a two-dimensional (2D) fully nonlinear NWF (numerical wave flume) is developed to investigate the hydrodynamic performance of a fixed OWC (oscillating water column) wave energy device as discussed by the authors.
119 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, a numerical technique that employs a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code is used to perform coupled fluid-structure interaction simulation of a wave energy device in order to assess power output in a 3D numerical wave flume.
117 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors presented the numerical modeling of the cross-shore propagation of infragravity waves induced by a transient focused short wave group over a sloping bottom, proving the high accuracy in the reproduction of surf zone hydrodynamics.
Abstract: This paper presents the numerical modelling of the cross shore propagation of infragravity waves induced by a transient focused short wave group over a sloping bottom. A dataset obtained through new laboratory experiments in the wave flume of the University of Cantabria is used to validate the Reynolds averaged Navier–Stokes type model IH-2VOF. A new boundary condition based on the wave maker movement used in the experiments is implemented in the model. Shoaling and breaking of short waves as well as the enhancement of long waves and the energy transfer to low-frequency motion are well addressed by the model, proving the high accuracy in the reproduction of surf zone hydrodynamics. Under the steep slope regime, a long wave trough is radiated offshore from the breakpoint. Numerical simulations conducted for different bottom slopes and short wave steepness suggest that this low-frequency breakpoint generated wave is controlled by both the bed slope parameter and the Iribarren number. Moreover, the numerical model is used to investigate the influence that a large flat bottom induces on the propagation pattern of long waves.
117 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, a bed load model based on a generalization of Bagnold's (1954) constitutive equations together with the assumption of similarity profiles for velocity and concentration, was proposed for sediment transport by waves by Sleath.
Abstract: A bed-load model, based on a generalization of Bagnold's (1954) constitutive equations together with the assumption of similarity profiles for velocity and concentration, was proposed for sediment transport by waves by Sleath (1994). This model is now extended to wave/current flows and applied to three different situations: (a) oscillatory flows with superimposed currents, (b) net transport produced by progressive waves over a flat horizontal bed, and (c) longshore transport induced by waves approaching a beach. In all three cases the model gives reasonable agreement with experiment. In the case of longshore transport the model produces almost the same formula as that of the Coastal Engineering Research Center (1977), apart from additional terms for density and grain size.
115 citations