Wave and Structure Interaction

Oral

1415 - Comparison Of Numerical Wave Tanks With Various Turbulence Models In Application To Long Wave Motion And Its Interaction With A Vertical Wall

Presenting Author(s)

• HG

  Hasan Gokhan Guler, MS

  Research Assistant
  METU Department of Civil Engineering

Additional Author #1(s)

• GC

  Gizem Ezgi Cinar

  Middle East Technical University

Additional Author #4(s)

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  Ahmet Yalciner, PhD

  Director
  METU Department of Civil Engineering, Ocean Engineering Research Center

Additional Author #2(s)

• TA

  Taro Arikawa, Prof

  Doctor of Engineering
  Chuo University

Additional Author #3(s)

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  Cuneyt Baykal, PhD

  Assist. Prof.
  Middle East Technical University

In this study, performances of interFoam solver of OpenFOAM and CADMAS-SURF computational tools with several turbulence modelling approaches on the numerical modelling of long wave motion and its interaction with a vertical wall are investigated in comparison with physical model experiments. Three-dimensional simulations are carried out solving Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes with no-turbulence model and with k-ε and k-ω SST (Shear Stress Transport) turbulence models in addition to Large Eddy Simulations. The aim of this study is to understand the contribution from turbulence modeling and compare the numerical wave tanks in long wave motion and their interaction with a vertical wall.