Wave and Structure Interaction

Oral

1458 - Laboratory Validation And Inter-Model Comparisons Of Non-Breaking, Impulsive Breaking, And Broken Wave Interaction With Elevated Coastal Structures Using Ihfoam And Fluent

Presenting Author(s)

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  Hyoungsu Park, PhD

  Post Doctorate Scholar
  Oregon State University

Additional Author #1(s)

• TD

  Trung Do, Ph.D

  Postdoctoral Fellow
  Colorado State University

Additional Author #2(s)

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  Tori Tomiczek, PhD

  Assistant Professor
  United States Naval Academy

Additional Author #3(s)

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  Daniel Cox, PhD

  Professor of Civil and Construction Engineering
  Oregon State University

Additional Author #4(s)

• JV

  John Van De Lindt, Ph.D

  Professor
  Colorado State University

Quantitative CFD model validation and inter-model comparisons between IHFOAM and ANSYS-FLUENT were performed for pressures and forces on an elevated structure using a 1:10 physical model. Non-breaking, impulsive breaking, and broken wave conditions at the specimen were simulated in IHFOAM and FLUENT. Results indicates the performance of CFD model differently depending on the wave conditions, and the accuracy of simulated wave shoaling and breaking processes played a key role in precisely calculating the forces and pressures. It also highlights that future benchmarking tests for an elevated structure must consider both horizontal and vertical forces due to various wave breaking conditions.