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Numerical wave interaction with tetrapods breakwater

  • Dentale, Fabio (University of Salerno-MEDUS (Maritime Engineering Division University of Salerno) Department of Civil Engineering) ;
  • Donnarumma, Giovanna (University of Salerno-MEDUS (Maritime Engineering Division University of Salerno) Department of Civil Engineering) ;
  • Carratelli, Eugenio Pugliese (University of Salerno-MEDUS (Maritime Engineering Division University of Salerno) Department of Civil Engineering)
  • Published : 2014.12.31
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Abstract

The paper provides some results of a new procedure to analyze the hydrodynamic aspects of the interactions between maritime emerged breakwaters and waves by integrating CAD and CFD. The structure is modeled in the numerical domain by overlapping individual three-dimensional elements (Tetrapods), very much like the real world or physical laboratory testing. Flow of the fluid within the interstices among concrete blocks is evaluated by integrating the RANS equations. The aim is to investigate the reliability of this approach as a design tool. Therefore, for the results' validation, the numerical run-up and reflection effects on virtual breakwater were compared with some empirical formulae and some similar laboratory tests. Here are presented the results of a first simple validation procedure. The validation shows that, at present, this innovative approach can be used in the breakwater design phase for comparison between several design solutions with a significant minor cost.

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