[HTML][HTML] Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) applications in Floating Offshore Wind Turbine (FOWT) dynamics: A review

W Zhang, J Calderon-Sanchez, D Duque… - Applied Ocean …, 2024 - Elsevier
This review comprehensively examines advancements in Computational Fluid Dynamics
(CFD) applications within the context of Floating Offshore Wind Turbines (FOWTs). It …

On the assessment of numerical wave makers in CFD simulations

C Windt, J Davidson, P Schmitt… - Journal of Marine Science …, 2019 - mdpi.com
A fully non-linear numerical wave tank (NWT), based on Computational Fluid Dynamics
(CFD), provides a useful tool for the analysis of coastal and offshore engineering problems …

A blind comparative study of focused wave interactions with floating structures (CCP-WSI Blind Test Series 3)

E Ransley, S Yan, S Brown, M Hann… - International Journal of …, 2020 - onepetro.org
Results from the CCP-WSI Blind Test Series 3 are presented. Participants, with numerical
methods, ranging from low-fidelity linear models to high-fidelity Navier-Stokes (NS) solvers …

Focused wave interactions with floating structures: A blind comparative study

EJ Ransley, SA Brown, M Hann… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - icevirtuallibrary.com
The paper presents results from the Collaborative Computational Project in Wave Structure
Interaction (CCP-WSI) Blind Test Series 2. Without prior access to the physical data …

Performance assessment of the overset grid method for numerical wave tank experiments in the OpenFOAM environment

C Windt, J Davidson, B Akram… - International …, 2018 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
To maximise the energy output of wave energy converters (WECs), large structural motions
are desired. When simulating WEC performance in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) …

Validation of a CFD-based numerical wave tank model of the 1/20th scale wavestar wave energy converter

C Windt, N Faedo, D García-Violini, Y Peña-Sanchez… - Fluids, 2020 - mdpi.com
Numerical wave tanks (NWTs) provide efficient test beds for the numerical analysis at
various stages during the development of wave energy converters (WECs). To ensure the …

Beyond VoF: alternative OpenFOAM solvers for numerical wave tanks

P Schmitt, C Windt, J Davidson, JV Ringwood… - Journal of ocean …, 2020 - Springer
The vast majority of numerical wave tank applications are solved using finite volume-based,
volume of fluid methods. One popular numerical modelling framework is OpenFOAM and its …

[PDF][PDF] Dynamic mesh motion in OpenFOAM for wave energy converter simulation

J Davidson, M Karimov, A Szelechman… - 14th OpenFOAM …, 2019 - researchgate.net
Numerical wave tanks (NWTs) are an essential tool for wave energy converter (WEC)
development. Due to it's opensource nature and wide user base, OpenFOAM is proving to …

Effects of a bulbous bow shape on added resistance acting on the hull of a ship in regular head wave

TK Le, NV He, NV Hien, NT Bui - Journal of Marine Science and …, 2021 - mdpi.com
In this study, the effect of bow shape on resistance acting on a hull in regular head waves
was investigated by applying a commercial Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) code. For …

Optimizing wave generation and wave dam** in 3D-flow simulations with implicit relaxation zones

R Perić, V Vukčević, M Abdel-Maksoud, H Jasak - Coastal engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
In finite-volume-based flow simulations with free-surface waves, wave reflections at the
domain boundaries can cause substantial errors in the results.'Implicit relaxation zones' can …