Simulation of Irregular Waves by CFD

Wave generation methodology has been developed and validated by simulating wave in CFD. In this analysis, Flap type wave maker has been modeled numerically with wave basin to generate waves for marine experimental analysis. Irregular waves are arrived from the wave spectrum, and this wave has been simulated in CFD. Generated irregular wave has been compared with an analytical wave. Simulated wave has been processed for FFT analysis, and the wave spectrum is validated with original wave spectrum.

Authors:

• Muniyandy Elangovan

Keywords:

• Numerical wave tank
• irregular wave
• FFT
• wavespectrum

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