Implementation of an OpenFOAM Numerical Wave Tank for Wave Energy Experiments

Abstract

A numerical wave tank (NWT) can be a useful tool for wave energy experiments. This paper outlines the implementation of a NWT using the open-source computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software, OpenFOAM. In particular, the paper focusses on an NWT designed for experiments involving rigidbody type wave energy converters (WECs), using OpenFOAM version 2.3.0

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