Energy from the Sea: Computational Modeling of an Overtopping Device

This work presents a brief study about the wave energy as well as a computational modeling of an overtopping device. The numerical simulation was performed with the FLUENT ® Computational Fluid Dynamic software code, employing the multiphase Volume of Fluid (VOF) model. The obtained results showed a...

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Published in2009 Third Southern Conference on Computational Modeling pp. 94 - 99
Main Authors Iahnke, Silvana L P, Gomes, M N, Isoldi, Liercio A, Rocha, Luiz A O
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.11.2009
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Computational fluid dynamics
Computational modeling
Irrigation
Monitoring
Numerical models
overtopping device
Software
Volume of Fluid (VOF) model
wave energy
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ISBN142445980X
9781424459803
DOI10.1109/MCSUL.2009.29

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Summary:This work presents a brief study about the wave energy as well as a computational modeling of an overtopping device. The numerical simulation was performed with the FLUENT ® Computational Fluid Dynamic software code, employing the multiphase Volume of Fluid (VOF) model. The obtained results showed a satisfactory agreement between the numerical and analytical solutions, being the maximum difference calculated for the wave generation of approximated 4.6%. It was also observed that the knowledge of the wave height and an adequate ramp design are factors that determine the overtopping occurrence.
ISBN:142445980X
9781424459803
DOI:10.1109/MCSUL.2009.29