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Islam, H., Hallak, T.S. and Guedes Soares, C. (2023), Simulation of solitary waves and its interaction with fixed floating pontoon, Trends in Renewable Energies Offshore, Guedes Soares, C. (Ed.), Taylor and Francis Group, London, UK, pp. 431-440
The paper focuses on presenting an efficient wave modelling tools for numerical investigation of near shore wave energy converters. OpenFOAM simulations have been performed in 2 dimensions (2D) for solitary waves of different amplitudes propagating and interacting with fixed floating pontoon in flat bathymetry. Two different wave generation models, waves2Foam and coupled OceanWave3D model, have been used for solitary wave generation and to compare their accuracy and efficiency. Apart from the wave propagation time history, the paper also presents surge and heave force results. The paper calculates the loss of energy of the soliton after interacting with the pontoon, which reflects the possible amount of energy that can be harvested. The paper concludes that both the wave models show reliable accuracy, while the coupled OceanWave3D model is considerably less expensive computationally. The validation of the coupled model should enable better and faster modelling of coastal energy extraction devices and design improvement.
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