Abstract
Wave overtopping on the decks of offshore platforms and ships can cause severe damage due to the high forces generated by the water. This phenomenon is analyzed within the framework of the Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) method. The presence of a fixed horizontal deck above the mean water level modifies strongly the wave kinematics. In particular, the flow in the wave crest is split into two, showing a different behavior above and below the deck. Numerical results generated by the SPH method are compared to laboratory experiments. The formation of a jet in the rear of the deck after overtopping is observed under extreme conditions.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 223-238 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Journal | Ocean Engineering |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Feb 2005 |
Funding
Cerqueiro was supported by the Xunta de Galicia Grant Program. Crespo was supported by the University of Vigo. Dalrymple was supported by the US Department of Commerce Sea Grant and Johns Hopkins University. M. Gomez-Gesteira stay at University of Dalrymple et al. (2001) and Johns Hopkins University (2002) was supported by Ministerio de Educacion, Cultura y Deporte under project (PR2001-0175), Universidad de Vigo and Johns Hopkins University.
Keywords
- Hydrodynamics
- Lagrangian simulation
- SPH model
- Water overtopping
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Environmental Engineering
- Ocean Engineering