Water wave impact on rigid walls

BSc. R. Euser

06/11/11

Contents

About Femto Egineering Water wave impacts Simulating water wave impacts using Radioss SPH

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About wave impacts

Wave evolution Surrounding structures Wave pressure Air bubbles (aeration)

Wave evolution
Crest

Breaking wave

Air pocket

Trough

Crest

Steepening wave
Trough

Crest

Stable wave

Trough

Surrounding structures
Shape Roughness Stiffness

Wave pressure
t after

Pressure impulse

P x = p x , t d t
t before
Worst case

Wave Eye

Velocity

Pressure

Velocity

Air bubbles (aeration)

Positives:

Pressure reduction Damping

Negatives:

Longer impact duration Larger impact area

t = 0.0 ms t = 3.5 ms Evolution of the air cavity during a depressurized wave impact. Lugni et al.

Simulating water wave impacts using Radioss SPH

Contents

Radioss CFD methods Radioss SPH approach SPH Simulations:

2D dam break correlation 2D water wave impact on a rigid wall

Conclusions

Radioss CFD methods

ALE
Arbitrary Lagrange Eulerian

SPH
Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics

Radioss SPH approach

f x i =
j

mj f x W r ij , h j j

W r , h =

3 2 r 1 r 3 h 2 h 2 h 3 1 r 2 3 h 4 h

[ ]
2 3

r h h r 2 h

Law Conservation of mass

Navier-Stokes

Radioss SPH

D = u Dt Du 1 = T Dt

D i m =i j u ij W ij j Dt j D ui p pj = m j i ij W ij Dt i j j

Conservation of momentum

2D dam break correlation

Load case

v gate= 1.5 m/s

d 0 = 0.15 m d = 0.018 m

d0 d

0.38 m

3.55 m

Gate velocity
2 1.5
v [m/s]

1 0.5 0 0 0.1 0.2 0.3

t [s]

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.7

Radioss SPH model

30,225 particles

d particle = 0.002 m

Results

Pressure [Pa] 0 300 600 900 1200 1500

0.219 s

0.281 s

0.343 s

= 0.010

0.406 s

0.468 s

= 0.010

2D water wave impact on a rigid wall

Goal

Measure the effect of particle size on impact pressure

Load cases
Wave 1
Acceleration vertical plate
3 2
a [m/s^2] a [m/s^2]

Wave 2
Acceleration vertical plate
10 5 0 -5 -10 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20

1 0 -1 0 -2 -3
t [s]

10 12 14 16 18 20

t [s]

Plate

Sensors
20x20 cm

Plate

Sensors
20x20 cm

15 m 35 m 15 m

15 m

Models
Model R1 R2 R3 Particle size [m] 0.2 0.04 0.02 Particle count 3,750 93,750 375,000 Sensors

Object Plate Rigid wall Water Sensors

Element type SPH Shell SPH RBE2 Water particles Detail A

Detail A

Impact measurement
t after

Pressure impulse

P x = p x ,t d t
t before

T1

Discretization

P sensor z =
T0

F sensor z , T DT hsensor d p

Load case

T0 [s] 11.1 8.1

T1 [s] 11.7 8.4

DT [s] 0.001 0.001

Time interval

Wave 1 Wave 2

Results Wave 1
t = 11.1 s t = 11.4 s t = 11.7 s
1.6E+05 1.4E+05 1.2E+05 1.0E+05
P [Pa]

Total Pressure

8.0E+04 6.0E+04 4.0E+04 2.0E+04 0.0E+00 11.1 11.2 11.3

t [s]

R1 R2 R3

R1

[m/s]

11.4

11.5

11.6

11.7

Pressure Impulse
14

R2

12 10 8
z [m]

6 4 2 0 0.0E+00

R1 R2 R3

2.0E+04

4.0E+04

6.0E+04

8.0E+04

1.0E+05

R3

PI [Pa s]

Results Wave 2
t = 8.1 s t = 8.3 s t = 8.4 s
7.0E+05 6.0E+05 5.0E+05 4.0E+05
P [Pa]

Total Pressure

3.0E+05 2.0E+05 1.0E+05 0.0E+00 8.1 8.15 8.2

t [s]

R1 R2 R3

R1

[m/s]

8.25

8.3

8.35

8.4

Pressure Impulse
14

R2

12 10 8
z [m]

6 4 2 0 0.0E+00

R1 R2 R3

5.0E+04

1.0E+05
PI [Pa s]

1.5E+05

2.0E+05

R3

Results discussion

Fluid velocity Fluid pressure Total pressure (pressure peaks) Pressure impulse

Conclusions

Wave impacts:

Wave evolution Surrounding structures Impact pressure Aeration 2D Dam Break correlation 2D wave impacts

Radioss SPH simulations:

molslaan 111 2611 rk delft T +31 (0) 15 285 05 80 F +31 (0) 15 285 05 81

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