Application progress of computational fluid dynamic techniques for complex viscous flows in ship and ocean engineering

J Wang, D Wan - Journal of Marine Science and Application, 2020 - Springer
Complex flow around floating structures is a highly nonlinear problem, and it is a typical
feature in ship and ocean engineering. Traditional experimental methods and potential flow …

A numerical model for simulating the interaction of dam-break waves and floating structures

D Wang, S Dong - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Using OpenFOAM, a numerical model is proposed to simulate the interaction of dam-break
waves and floating structures. A geometric volume-of-fluid (VOF) method (isoAdvector) is …

Flow pattern and hydrodynamic parameters of pile breakwater under solitary wave using OpenFOAM

M Yin, X Zhao, M Luo, H Sun - Ocean Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Pile breakwaters are widely used for coastal protection. To ensure the safety and hence
serviceability of pile breakwaters under disastrous waves like tsunamis, an accurate …

A numerical piston-type wave-maker toolbox for the open-source library OpenFOAM

D Wang, J Sun, J Gui, Z Ma, D Ning, K Fang - Journal of Hydrodynamics, 2019 - Springer
A novel numerical piston-type wave-maker toolbox for the OpenFOAM is developed and
demonstrated in this paper. This toolbox is implemented in C++ for improving the solutions …

An accurate and efficient multiphase solver based on THINC scheme and adaptive mesh refinement

D Chen, X Tong, B Xie, F Xiao, Y Li - International Journal of Multiphase …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper presents an accurate and efficient multiphase solver which is developed based
on THINC/QQ (THINC method with quadratic surface representation and Gauss quadrature) …

Hydrodynamic performance of a new-type vertical wall breakwater with inclined culvert on a permeable rubble mound foundation

C Lv, X Zhao, M Li - Applied Ocean Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Vertical wall breakwater with inclined culvert (VWBIC) is a new-type environmentally friendly
breakwater proposed in this paper, which is a further development of vertical wall …

An improved wavemaker velocity boundary condition for generating realistic waves in the numerical wave tank

C Lv, X Zhao, M Li, Y Xie - Ocean Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Wavemaker velocity boundary condition method is one of the most common methods for
wave generation in numerical wave tanks (NWTs). Traditional wavemaker velocity boundary …

The influence of regular wave and irregular wave on the mechanical characteristics of a triple-cylinder bundle structure

Z Zhang, J Tu, Y He, Z Han, H Yang, D Zhou, S Fu - Ocean Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
By using the open source DualSPHysics, the interaction between wave and a triple-cylinder
bundle structure is numerically investigated. The wave is generated by applying the …

High-fidelity numerical simulation of solitary wave propagation

Y Huang, J Li, B Xie, Z Lin, AGL Borthwick - Ocean Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
As a classic problem in oceanographic and coastal engineering hydrodynamics, solitary
wave propagation is used to benchmark a novel high-fidelity numerical model based on the …

Environmentally friendly vertical wall breakwater with culvert for encircled harbor basin

C Lv, X Zhao - Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 2021 - ascelibrary.org
Vertical wall breakwater with culvert (VWBC) is an environmentally friendly way proposed for
the encircled harbor basin, which can break waves and allow the current to pass through …