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A Preliminary Experiment Study for Development of Floater of Floating Breakwater (부소파제의 부체 개발을 위한 기초적 실험연구)

  • JUNG DONG-HO;KIM HYOUN-JOO;KIM JIN-HA;MOON DEOK-SU
    • Proceedings of the Korea Committee for Ocean Resources and Engineering Conference
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    • 2004.11a
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    • pp.102-107
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    • 2004
  • New designed floating breakwater made of Polyethelener with considering the introduction of new material for being harmony with environment and stability of the floater is developed for a marine ranching. Model experiment in order to test its capability is performed for the regular and irregular waves in ocean engineering basin. Good capability to break the incident wave within the 6 second of period and 1 m of height is shown. Breaking efficiency for long period wave is not so good in regular and irregular wave. The results of this study will contribute to the design and construction of the floating breakwater.

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Three dimensional numerical simulations for non-breaking solitary wave interacting with a group of slender vertical cylinders

  • Mo, Weihua;Liu, Philip L.F.
    • International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.20-28
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    • 2009
  • In thus paper we validate a numerical model for wave-structure interaction by comparing numerical results with laboratory data. The numerical model is based on the Navier-Stokes (N-S) equations for an incompressible fluid. The N-S equations are solved by a two-step projection finite volume scheme and the free surface displacements are tracked by the volume of fluid (VOF) method The numerical model is used to simulate solitary waves and their interaction with a group of slender vertical piles. Numerical results are compared with the laboratory data and very good agreement is observed for the time history of free surface displacement, fluid particle velocity and wave force. The agreement for dynamic pressure on the cylinder is less satisfactory, which is primarily caused by instrument errors.

A Review on the Visualization Plan of Ocean Waves for Ship Maneuvering Simulator (선박운항 시뮬레이터를 위한 해양파 가시화 방안 고찰)

  • Park, Se-Kil;Oh, Jae-Yong;Park, Jin-Ah
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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    • v.21 no.2
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    • pp.215-222
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    • 2015
  • To improve the ocean waves of the ship maneuvering simulator, we study and summarize the visualization elements of the ocean waves and the overall direction of their implementation in detail. We categorize the visualization elements of the ocean waves into five groups, including wave surface, wave breaking, interaction, lighting effects, and underwater. We also analyze the design and implementation issues of the visualization of the ocean waves for ship maneuvering simulator with respect to realistic and real-time ocean visualization, ship dynamics, and application purposes. Through the analysis, we have found that the realistic visualization of ocean waves plays an important role in the generation of immersiveness, more accurate ship motion, and the various and controllable simulation scenarios for the ship maneuvering simulator. Additionally, we have confirmed that there are many visualization elements, methods, and limitations to be considered for the visualization of the ocean waves for ship maneuvering simulator, and we have concluded that the systematic design is required before implementation.

Numerical Analysis of Wave Impact Forces in Numerical Wave Basin (수치파 수조를 이용한 파랑 충격력 수치해석)

  • Shin, Young-Seop;Hong, Key-Yong
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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    • v.1
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    • pp.205-210
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    • 2006
  • The impact forces of the highly nonlinear waves are one of the important factors in designing the ocean structures. The impact forces are very difficult to analyze numerically and experimentally because they are impulsive in magnitude and occur instantaneously. In this study the numerical program based on N.S. equations are used to investigate the impact forces of steep waves where the waves are gene rated by the wave maker in the numerical wave basin. The arbitrary steep waves are generated by the superposition of waves of single frequency and the impact forces on vertical cylinder are simulated on the multiblock grids. V.O.F. and the local height function methods are used to track the free surfaces. To validate the numerical analysis the numerical results are compared with the experimental ones and the acceptable agreements are found. It is thought that more studies on the simulations of the incoming breaking waves and the impact forces on the vertical cylinder should be made to obtain the useful results to be applied in the offshore design.

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Characteristics of Wave-induced Currents using the SWASH Model in Haeundae Beach (SWASH 모형을 이용한 해운대 해수욕장의 해빈류 특성)

  • Kang, Min Ho;Kim, Jin Seok;Park, Jung Kyu;Lee, Jong Sup
    • Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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    • v.27 no.6
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    • pp.382-390
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    • 2015
  • To simulate a complicated hydrodynamic phenomena in the surf zone, the SWASH model is used in Haeundae Beach. The SWASH model is well known as a model competing with the Boussinesq-type model in terms of near shore waves and wave-induced currents modelling. This study is aimed to the detailed analysis of seasonal waves and wave-induced current simulation in Haeundae Beach, where the representative seasonal wave conditions was obtained from hourly measured wave data in 2014 by Korea Hydrographic and Oceanographic Administration( KHOA). Incident wave conditions were given as irregular waves by JONSWAP spectrum. The calculated seasonal wave-induced current patterns were compared with the field observation data. In summer season, a dominant longshore current toward the east of the beach appears due to the effect of incident waves from the South and the bottom bathymetry, then some rip currents occurs at the central part of the beach. In the winter season, ESE incident waves generates a strong westward longshore currents. However, a weak eastward longshore currents appears at the restricted east side areas of the beach.

Experimental study on Green Water in Regular Waves

  • Han, Ju-Chull;Lee, Seung-Keun;Lee, Gyoung-Woo
    • Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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    • v.28 no.7
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    • pp.647-651
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    • 2004
  • FPSOs are commonly proposed and used for offshore oil production. Due to the fundamental requirement of FPSOs to remain moored at their location, they are unable to avoid severe weather. FPSOs normally operate head to the weather, and sensitive equipment located near the bow will be susceptible to green water damage. Damage may occur to both equipment and superstructure, with resulting risk to personnel. To initially access green water is allowed by the physical understanding of green water events. In this paper the main focus is put on the physical phenomena of green water accounted for with the tested data in regular waves.

Using Lamb Waves to Monitor Moisture Absorption in Thermally Fatigued Composite Laminates

  • Lee, Jaesun;Cho, Younho
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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    • v.36 no.3
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    • pp.175-180
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    • 2016
  • Nondestructive evaluation for material health monitoring is important in aerospace industries. Composite laminates are exposed to heat cyclic loading and humid environment depending on flight conditions. Cyclic heat loading and moisture absorption may lead to material degradation such as matrix breaking, debonding, and delamination. In this paper, the moisture absorption ratio was investigated by measuring the Lamb wave velocity. The composite laminates were manufactured and subjected to different thermal aging cycles and moisture absorption. For various conditions of these cycles, not only changes in weight and also ultrasonic wave velocity were measured, and the Lamb wave velocity at various levels of moisture on a carbon-epoxy plate was investigated. Results from the experiment show a linear correlation between moisture absorption ratio and Lamb wave velocity at different thermal fatigue stages. The presented method can be applied as an alternative solution in the online monitoring of composite laminate moisture levels in commercial flights.

Numerical Method for Calculating Fourier Coefficients and Properties of Water Waves with Shear Current and Vorticity in Finite Depth

  • JangRyong Shin
    • Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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    • v.37 no.6
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    • pp.256-265
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    • 2023
  • Many numerical methods have been developed since 1961, but unresolved issues remain. This study developed a numerical method to address these issues and determine the coefficients and properties of rotational waves with a shear current in a finite water depth. The number of unknown constants was reduced significantly by introducing a wavelength-independent coordinate system. The reference depth was calculated independently using the shooting method. Therefore, there was no need for partial derivatives with respect to the wavelength and the reference depth, which simplified the numerical formulation. This method had less than half of the unknown constants of the other method because Newton's method only determines the coefficients. The breaking limit was calculated for verification, and the result agreed with the Miche formula. The water particle velocities were calculated, and the results were consistent with the experimental data. Dispersion relations were calculated, and the results are consistent with other numerical findings. The convergence of this method was examined. Although the required series order was reduced significantly, the total error was smaller, with a faster convergence speed.

A Study of the Wave Control Characteristics of the Permeable Submerged Breakwater using VOF Method in Irregular Wave Fields (불규칙파동장에 있어서 VOF법에 의한 투과성잠제의 파랑제어 특성에 관한 연구)

  • Kim Do Sam;Lee Kwang Ho;Yoo Hyun Sang;Kim Chang Hoon;Son Byoung Kyu
    • Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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    • v.16 no.3
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    • pp.121-129
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    • 2004
  • The different types of coastal souctures have been constructed for the protection of coastal region from the incident waves. Among them. the permeable submerged breakwater has been widely used as a wave dissipater and sediment transport controller because of its excellent advantages in scenery effects, construction efficiency and environment aspects. This study numerically investigated the characteristics of wave energy variations and transmission coefficient at the rear of the permeable submerged breakwater installed in the irregular wave field. To analyze it's performance numerically, a two-dimensional numerical wave flume based on VOF method was used. A frequency spectral analysis showed that the spectral peak moved to the short-period in the one-row submerged breakwater, and the wave energy was distributed evenly for the whole period in the two-row submerged breakwater in the case of breaking on the submerged breakwater. The spectral peak was shown to be converged within the significant wave period at the rear of the permeable submerged breakwater in the case of non-breaking conditions. From the result of transmission coefficients analysis. it was confirmed that a considerable quantity of wave energy was transmitted to the rear of the permeable submerged breakwater in the case of non-breaking rather than breaking.

Assessing Artificial Longshore Bars By Numerical Model

  • Kim, Tae-Rim
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers Conference
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    • 1996.10a
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    • pp.137-139
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    • 1996
  • It is known that under storm waves, beach will respond by eroding material from the beach Ace and the formation of longshore bar(s) in the vicinity of breaking point. This breakpoint bar is believed to have the effect of slowing down beach erosion by dissipating incoming wave energy and retarding offshore sediment transport. Recently, artificial bin are being proposed as beach protective measures based on this reasoning. (omitted)

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