Numerical Simulation of Wave Interaction With Moving Net Structures

Chen, H. and Christensen, E. D. (2015) Numerical Simulation of Wave Interaction With Moving Net Structures. In: 34th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (ASME 2015), St. John's, NL, Canada, 31 May - 05 Jun 2015, V007T06A072. ISBN 9780791856550 (doi: 10.1115/OMAE2015-41598)

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Abstract

Fluid structure interaction is an important issue in design of many engineering systems including offshore fish cages. As a first step to develop a coupled CFD/FEM model, in the present study a moving porous media model has been developed in the open source library OpenFOAM. The net structure was described as a sheet of porous media with prescribed rigid body motion and mesh motion was incorporated to conform the motion of the net. Free surface wave generation and absorption framework was also introduced to simulate wave interaction with moving net structures. The results showed that mesh motion solver was coupled with free surface wave generation and absorption framework and porous media model flawlessly, and the deformed mesh remained acceptable. It was concluded that Laplace mesh motion solver with inversed quadratic diffusivity model was an appropriate option for simulating wave interaction with moving net structures.

Item Type:Conference Proceedings
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Chen, Dr Hao
Authors: Chen, H., and Christensen, E. D.
College/School:College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering
ISBN:9780791856550
Published Online:21 October 2015

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