Generation and propagation of long-crested finite-depth surface waves - Comparison between the corresponding results from numerical models and a wave tank

M. Hasanat Zaman, Wade Parsons, Okey Nwogu, Wooyoung Choi, R. Emile Baddour, Lawrence Mak

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Abstract

The evolution of long-crested surface waves subject to sidband perturbations is investigated with two different numerical models: a direct solver for the Euler equations using a non-orthogonal boundary-fitted curvilinear coordinate system and an FFT-accelerated boundary integral method. The numerical solutions are then validated with laboratory experiments performed in the NRC-IOT Ocean Engineering Basin with a segmented wave-maker operating in piston mode. The numerical models are forced by a point measurement of the free surface elevation at a wave probe close to the wave-maker and the numerical solutions are compared with the measured time-series of the surface elevation at a few wave probe locations downstream.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2008 Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, OMAE 2008
Pages545-554
Number of pages10
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008
Event27th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, OMAE 2008 - Berlin, Germany
Duration: Jun 9 2008Jun 13 2008

Publication series

NameProceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE
Volume4

Other

Other27th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, OMAE 2008
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityBerlin
Period6/9/086/13/08

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Ocean Engineering
  • Energy Engineering and Power Technology
  • Mechanical Engineering

Keywords

  • Benjamin-Feir instability
  • Experiments
  • FFT-accelerated boundary integral method
  • Fully nonlinear numerical models

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