Experimental and numerical investigation of wave induced forces and motions of partially submerged bodies near a fixed structure in irregular waves

Numerical simulations using RANS based commercial CFD code Flow3D© are compared to the experimental results. Selected test cases from both force and motion experiments are simulated in irregular waves generated from selected experimental wave spectra. Numerical results for irregular waves demonstrate the ability to simulate random waves and resulting forces and motions with trends comparable to the experimental results.