TY - JOUR
T1 - Numerical simulation of nonlinear viscous wavefieldsgenerated by piston-type wavemaker
AU - Huang, Ching Jer
AU - Zhang, En Cheng
AU - Lee, Jaw Fang
PY - 1998/10
Y1 - 1998/10
N2 - A numerical method for the simulation of nonlinear wavefields generated by a piston-type wave-maker has been developed by solving the unsteady, two-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations and the exact free surface boundary conditions. The Stanford University modified marker and cell method for treating the free surface has been modified to permit more accurate extrapolation of the velocity components at the free surface. Both small- and large-amplitude waves generated by a piston-type wavemaker can be simulated by the present numerical scheme, and the process of wave formation can be examined in detail. To verify the accuracy of the numerical results, the wave profiles generated by the numerical method are compared with both theoretical and experimental results. For small wave steepness, the numerical results coincide well with theoretical and experimental results. For large wave steepness, the numerical wave heights are slightly lower than the experimental ones. The characteristics of the wavefields, including the velocity fields in the flow domain, are also discussed in detail.
AB - A numerical method for the simulation of nonlinear wavefields generated by a piston-type wave-maker has been developed by solving the unsteady, two-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations and the exact free surface boundary conditions. The Stanford University modified marker and cell method for treating the free surface has been modified to permit more accurate extrapolation of the velocity components at the free surface. Both small- and large-amplitude waves generated by a piston-type wavemaker can be simulated by the present numerical scheme, and the process of wave formation can be examined in detail. To verify the accuracy of the numerical results, the wave profiles generated by the numerical method are compared with both theoretical and experimental results. For small wave steepness, the numerical results coincide well with theoretical and experimental results. For large wave steepness, the numerical wave heights are slightly lower than the experimental ones. The characteristics of the wavefields, including the velocity fields in the flow domain, are also discussed in detail.
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U2 - 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9399(1998)124:10(1110)
DO - 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9399(1998)124:10(1110)
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0032193255
VL - 124
SP - 1110
EP - 1120
JO - Journal of Engineering Mechanics - ASCE
JF - Journal of Engineering Mechanics - ASCE
SN - 0733-9399
IS - 10
ER -