Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
7175870 Journal of Fluids and Structures 2016 13 Pages PDF
Abstract
In this paper, a raft-typed wave energy dissipator is proposed, and a mathematical model for the hydrodynamics of such a dissipator is presented, based on Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations. The model is validated by a comparison of the numerical results with the results of other investigators. The validated model is then utilized to examine the effect of wave height, wave frequency, damping coefficient, flow velocity on wave energy dissipation ratio and wave transmission coefficient for a hinged twin-raft wave energy dissipator. Our results reveal that the differences in behaviour exhibited by an inviscid fluid and a viscous fluid can be large and vary considerably, depending on the flow velocity.
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