A modified high-order spectral method for wavemaker modeling in a numerical wave tank

G Ducrozet, F Bonnefoy, D Le Touzé… - European Journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
This paper presents the recent development on the nonlinear directional wave generation
process in a 3D Numerical Wave Tank (NWT). The NWT is based on a nonlinear model …

Numerical modeling of extreme rogue waves generated by directional energy focusing

C Fochesato, S Grilli, F Dias - Wave motion, 2007 - Elsevier
Three-dimensional (3D) directional wave focusing is one of the mechanisms that contributes
to the generation of extreme waves, also known as rogue waves, in the ocean. To simulate …

Numerical coupling strategy using HOS-OpenFOAM-MoorDyn for OC3 Hywind SPAR type platform

S Aliyar, G Ducrozet, B Bouscasse, F Bonnefoy… - Ocean …, 2022 - Elsevier
The coupled (Potential theory and Navier–Stokes) solver is applied to simulate the
interaction of sea waves with substructure of floating offshore wind turbines (FOWT) platform …

3-D HOS simulations of extreme waves in open seas

G Ducrozet, F Bonnefoy, D Le Touzé… - Natural Hazards and …, 2007 - nhess.copernicus.org
In the present paper we propose a method for studying extreme-wave appearance based on
the Higher-Order Spectral (HOS) technique proposed by West et al.(1987) and …

Time domain simulation of nonlinear water waves using spectral methods

F Bonnefoy, G Ducrozet, D Le Touzé… - Advances in numerical …, 2010 - World Scientific
This chapter presents our progress on developing efficient nonlinear potential flow models
for the simulation of 2D or 3D gravity wave propagation in wave tanks and oceanic domains …

Numerical and experimental study of a FORM-based design wave applying the HOS-NWT nonlinear wave solver

S Kim, B Bouscasse, G Ducrozet, M Canard… - Ocean …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper presents a comparative study of long-time irregular waves and equivalent design
waves (EDW) in terms of geometric similarity and probability of exceedance (POE) …

Fully nonlinear potential flow simulations of wave shoaling over slopes: Spilling breaker model and integral wave properties

ST Grilli, J Horrillo, S Guignard - Water Waves, 2020 - Springer
A spilling breaker model (SBM) is implemented in an existing two-dimensional (2D)
numerical wave tank (NWT), based on fully nonlinear potential flow (FNPF) theory and the …

A comparative study of two fast nonlinear free‐surface water wave models

G Ducrozet, HB Bingham… - … Methods in Fluids, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents a comparison in terms of accuracy and efficiency between two fully
nonlinear potential flow solvers for the solution of gravity wave propagation. One model is …

The nonlinearity of scattering waves due to interaction between focusing waves and floating production storage and offloading

Y Zhuang, W Zhao, D Wan - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The study of the full-scale wave–structure interaction is essential to our understanding of the
nonlinear characteristics of offshore structures in real-sea states. This paper deals with full …

Nonlinear deterministic sea wave prediction using instantaneous velocity profiles

M Huchet, A Babarit, G Ducrozet, JC Gilloteaux… - Ocean …, 2021 - Elsevier
Optimizing the production of wave energy converters using Model Predictive Control (MPC)
requires a real-time, deterministic prediction of the waves arriving at the device. This study …