|
|
|
|
|
Asli Bor, Marcell Szabo-Meszaros, Kaspar Vereide and Leif Lia
CFD models of intakes in high-head hydropower systems are rare due to the lack of geometric data and cost of modeling. This study tests two different types of software to see how modeling can be performed in a cost-effective way with scarce input data an...
ver más
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jiaxin Zhang, Kan Hong, Yeping Yuan, Ying-Tien Lin and Dongrui Han
A three-dimensional numerical model was established with OpenFOAM-5.x to investigate plume characteristics under windless and rainless weather conditions. The large eddy simulation was applied, combined with a modified solver for solving governing equati...
ver más
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bohan Liu and Sunho Park
When tidal turbines are deployed in water areas with significant waves, assessing the surface wave effects becomes imperative. Understanding the dynamic impact of wave?current conditions on the fluid dynamic performance of tidal turbines is crucial. This...
ver más
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Daniel Molinero-Hernández, Sergio R. Galván-González, Nicolás D. Herrera-Sandoval, Pablo Guzman-Avalos, J. Jesús Pacheco-Ibarra and Francisco J. Domínguez-Mota
Driven by the emergence of Graphics Processing Units (GPUs), the solution of increasingly large and intricate numerical problems has become feasible. Yet, the integration of GPUs into Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) codes still presents a significant ...
ver más
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hassan Aleisa, Konstantinos Kontis and Melike Nikbay
Developing wind tunnel models is time consuming, labor intensive, and expensive. Rapid prototyping for wind tunnel tests is an effective, faster, and cheaper method to obtain aerodynamic performance results while considerably reducing acquisition time an...
ver más
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Héctor Rubén Díaz Ojeda, Sebastian Oyuela, Roberto Sosa, Alejandro Daniel Otero and Francisco Pérez Arribas
Naval hydrodynamics typically focus on reducing ship resistance, which can be achieved by incorporating a bulbous bow. This feature is commonly used in the merchant fleet and smaller vessels, such as fishing boats, to minimize wave-making resistance. How...
ver más
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ioannis Kazakis and Theophanis V. Karambas
This study focuses on the numerical investigation of the 3D hydrodynamic processes of coastal zones such as wave breaking, wave-induced currents, and sediment transport, using the multiphase, interFoam solver of OpenFOAM® (a state-of-the-art, open-source...
ver más
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Federico Piscaglia and Federico Ghioldi
We introduce algorithmic advancements designed to expedite simulations in OpenFOAM using GPUs. These developments include the following. (a) The amgx4Foam library, which connects the open-source AmgX library from NVIDIA to OpenFOAM. Matrix generation, in...
ver más
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Zhipeng Wan, Lin Cui and Dong-Sheng Jeng
The evaluation of wave-induced residual pore pressure in a porous seabed and associated seabed liquefaction is essential for designing marine infrastructure foundations. The strength and stiffness of the seabed could be weakened due to the build-up of po...
ver más
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Junliang Gao, Shukai Gong, Zhiwei He, Huabin Shi, Jun Zang, Tao Zou and Xu Bai
Fluid resonance may occur in a narrow gap between two side-by-side vessels under wave actions, which can cause significant wave height amplification inside the gap and further induce large wave loads and motion responses of the vessel. Based on an open-s...
ver más
|
|
|
|
|
|