Numerical simulation of focused wave interaction with WEC models using qaleFOAM

Wang, Junxian, Yan, Shiqiang, Ma, Qingwei, Wang, Jinghua, Xie, Zhihua ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5180-8427 and Marran, Sarah 2020. Numerical simulation of focused wave interaction with WEC models using qaleFOAM. Engineering and Computational Mechanics 173 (3) , pp. 100-118. 10.1680/jencm.19.00035

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Abstract

The paper presents a numerical investigation of the interaction between focused waves and wave energy converter (WEC) models using a hybrid solver, qaleFOAM, which couples a two-phase incompressible Navier-Stokes (NS) solver OpenFOAM/InterDyMFoam with the Quasi Lagrangian-Eulerian Finite Element Method (QALE-FEM) based on the fully nonlinear potential theory (FNPT) using the domain-decomposition approach. In the qaleFOAM, the NS solver deals with a small region near the structures (NS domain), where the viscous effect may be significant; the QALE-FEM covers the remaining computational domain (FNPT domain); an overlap (transitional) zone is applied between two domains. The WEC models, mooring system and the wave conditions are specified by the CCP-WSI (Collaborative Computational Project in Wave-Structure Interaction) Blind Test Series 2. In the numerical simulation, the incident wave is generated in the FNPT domain using a self-correction wavemaker and propagates into the NS domain through the coupling boundaries and attached transitional zones. An improved passive wave absorber is imposed at the outlet of the NS domain for wave absorption. The practical performance of the qaleFOAM is demonstrated by comparing its prediction with the experimental data, including the wave elevation, motion responses (surge, heave and pitch) and mooring load.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Engineering Advanced Research Computing @ Cardiff (ARCCA)
Publisher:	ICE Publishing
ISSN:	1755-0777
Date of Acceptance:	14 August 2020
Last Modified:	17 Mar 2023 16:46
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/134541

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