The Use of CFD in the Analysis of Wave Loadings Acting on Seawave Slot-Cone Generators

Mariano Buccino, Fabio Dentale, Daniela Salerno, Pasquale Contestabile and Mario Calabrese
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Mariano Buccino: Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, University of Napoli FedericoII, via Claudio, 21, 80125 Naples, Italy
Fabio Dentale: Department of Civil Engineering, University of Salerno, via Giovanni Paolo II, 132, 84084 Fisciano (SA), Italy
Daniela Salerno: Department of Civil Engineering, University of Salerno, via Giovanni Paolo II, 132, 84084 Fisciano (SA), Italy
Pasquale Contestabile: Department of Civil, Design and Environment Engineering, Università della Campania, Luigi Vanvitelli, via Roma, 29, 81031 Aversa (CE), Italy
Mario Calabrese: Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, University of Napoli FedericoII, via Claudio, 21, 80125 Naples, Italy

Sustainability, 2016, vol. 8, issue 12, 1-22

Abstract: The reliability of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) in reproducing qualitative and quantitative features of loadings exerted by waves on Seawave Slot-cone Generators (SSG) has been investigated via 17 numerical experiments, conducted with the suite Flow 3D. The geometry of the Wave Energy Converter (WEC), as well as the characteristics of the foreshore in front of it, were identical to those used by the authors in a laboratory study, carried out on a small scale model of a pilot plant to be located along the West Norwegian coasts; the similitude of the layouts allowed an in depth comparison between the results. A good agreement has been generally found between physical and numerical experiments, apart from some aspects of the wave–structure interaction that, however, can be considered secondary for engineering purposes.

Keywords: SSG 1; CFD modeling; physical modeling; wave forces; wave pressures (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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