High-fidelity numerical modelling of ocean wave energy systems: A review of computational fluid dynamics-based numerical wave tanks

C Windt, J Davidson, JV Ringwood - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
For the research and development (R&D) of wave energy converters (WECs), numerical
wave tanks (NWTs) provide an excellent numerical tool, enabling a cost-effective testbed for …

Evaluation of air compressibility effects on the performance of fixed OWC wave energy converters using CFD modelling

I Simonetti, L Cappietti, H Elsafti, H Oumeraci - Renewable energy, 2018 - Elsevier
This study presents an evaluation of the error induced by neglecting the effect of air
compressibility in modelling Oscillating Water Column (OWC) wave energy converters. A …

Application of an overset mesh based numerical wave tank for modelling realistic free-surface hydrodynamic problems

H Chen, L Qian, Z Ma, W Bai, Y Li, D Causon… - Ocean …, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper presents a numerical wave tank based on the overset mesh approach. Overset
mesh is favourable to the moving mesh method owing to its ability to represent complex …

An overset mesh based multiphase flow solver for water entry problems

ZH Ma, L Qian, PJ Martínez-Ferrer, DM Causon… - Computers & …, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper extends a recently proposed multi-region based numerical wave tank (Martínez-
Ferrer et al.[1]) to solve water entry problems in naval engineering. The original static linking …

[HTML][HTML] A Cartesian cut-cell based multiphase flow model for large-eddy simulation of three-dimensional wave-structure interaction

Z Xie, T Stoesser, S Yan, Q Ma, P Lin - Computers & Fluids, 2020 - Elsevier
A multiphase flow numerical approach for performing large-eddy simulations of three-
dimensional (3D) wave-structure interaction is presented in this study. The approach …

Water wave transmission and energy dissipation by a floating plate in the presence of overwash

F Nelli, LG Bennetts, DM Skene… - Journal of Fluid …, 2020 - cambridge.org
A numerical model, based on the two-phase incompressible Navier–Stokes equations, is
used to study transmission of regular water waves by a thin floating plate in two dimensions …

Wave and structure interaction using multi-domain couplings for Navier-Stokes solvers in OpenFOAM®. Part I: Implementation and validation

B Di Paolo, JL Lara, G Barajas, ÍJ Losada - Coastal Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper and its companion (Di Paolo et al., 2020b) present near-far field coupling
schemes of Navier-Stokes (NS) equations for high-fidelity numerical modelling of wave …

Improved numerical wave generation for modelling ocean and coastal engineering problems

PJ Martínez-Ferrer, L Qian, Z Ma, DM Causon… - Ocean …, 2018 - Elsevier
We introduce a dynamic-boundary numerical wave generation procedure developed for
wave structure interaction (WSI) simulations typical of ocean and coastal engineering …

Numerical investigation of scaling effect in two-dimensional oscillating water column wave energy devices for harvesting wave energy

MR Mia, M Zhao, H Wu, A Munir - Renewable Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Oscillating water column (OWC) devices utilise wave-induced oscillation of water column in
partially submerged chambers to extract energy of waves in ocean. The principal aim of this …

[HTML][HTML] Investigation of wave-driven hydroelastic interactions using numerical and physical modelling approaches

SA Brown, N Xie, MR Hann, DM Greaves - Applied Ocean Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Wave-driven hydroelasticity is of great importance to a wide range of applications within
offshore and coastal engineering. Harnessing the benefits of hydroelasticity or minimising its …