Cannoo, BRGledhill, Irvy MACooper, Antony KGreben, JM2008-08-182008-08-182008-03Cannoo, BR. 2008. Navier-Stokes wave models for investigations of breakwater characteristics. Sixth South African Conference on Computational and Applied Mechanics SACAM08. Cape Town, 26-28 March 2008, pp 8http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2385South African Conference on Computational and Applied Mechanics SACAM08The protection of coastal structures is important to South Africa. The dynamics of breakwaters is a topic that is becoming amenable to numerical study, in terms of the motion of multiple interlocking structures under wave action. In this preliminary study, plunging waves and the loads they exert on semi-submerged structures are investigated with a Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes model using a Volume of Fluid approach to surface modelling. Qualitative comparison of wave properties with experimental observations, including turbulence in surging and plunging waves, is encouraging, but quantitative comparisons are still to be made. Loads on a semi-submerged beam are modelled in preparation for studies of the dolos geometryenNavier-StokesCFDVolume of FluidWave modelDolosComputational fluid dynamicsSACAM 2008Conference PresentationCannoo, B., Gledhill, I. M., Cooper, A. K., & Greben, J. (2008). Navier-Stokes wave models for investigations of breakwater characteristics. South African Conference on Computational and Applied Mechanics SACAM08. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2385Cannoo, BR, Irvy MA Gledhill, Antony K Cooper, and JM Greben. "Navier-Stokes wave models for investigations of breakwater characteristics." (2008): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2385Cannoo B, Gledhill IM, Cooper AK, Greben J, Navier-Stokes wave models for investigations of breakwater characteristics; South African Conference on Computational and Applied Mechanics SACAM08; 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2385 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Cannoo, BR AU - Gledhill, Irvy MA AU - Cooper, Antony K AU - Greben, JM AB - The protection of coastal structures is important to South Africa. The dynamics of breakwaters is a topic that is becoming amenable to numerical study, in terms of the motion of multiple interlocking structures under wave action. In this preliminary study, plunging waves and the loads they exert on semi-submerged structures are investigated with a Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes model using a Volume of Fluid approach to surface modelling. Qualitative comparison of wave properties with experimental observations, including turbulence in surging and plunging waves, is encouraging, but quantitative comparisons are still to be made. Loads on a semi-submerged beam are modelled in preparation for studies of the dolos geometry DA - 2008-03 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Navier-Stokes KW - CFD KW - Volume of Fluid KW - Wave model KW - Dolos KW - Computational fluid dynamics KW - SACAM 2008 LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2008 T1 - Navier-Stokes wave models for investigations of breakwater characteristics TI - Navier-Stokes wave models for investigations of breakwater characteristics UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/2385 ER -