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DualSPHysics: a numerical tool to simulate real breakwaters
Zhang, F.; Crespo, A.; Altomare, C.; Dominguez, J.; Marzeddu, A.; Shang, S.; Gomez-Gesteira, M. (2018). DualSPHysics: a numerical tool to simulate real breakwaters. J. Hydrodynam. (Print) 30(1): 95-105. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42241-018-0010-0
In: Journal of Hydrodynamics. Elsevier: Amsterdam. ISSN 1001-6058; e-ISSN 1878-0342, more
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Keyword
    Marine/Coastal
Author keywords
    SPH; DualSPHysics; wavemaker; wave run-up

Authors  Top 
  • Zhang, F.
  • Crespo, A.
  • Altomare, C., more
  • Dominguez, J.
  • Marzeddu, A.
  • Shang, S.
  • Gomez-Gesteira, M.

Abstract
    The open-source code DualSPHysics is used in this work to compute the wave run-up in an existing dike in the Chinese coast using realistic dimensions, bathymetry and wave conditions. The GPU computing power of the DualSPHysics allows simulating real-engineering problems that involve complex geometries with a high resolution in a reasonable computational time. The code is first validated by comparing the numerical free-surface elevation, the wave orbital velocities and the time series of the run-up with physical data in a wave flume. Those experiments include a smooth dike and an armored dike with two layers of cubic blocks. After validation, the code is applied to a real case to obtain the wave run-up under different incident wave conditions. In order to simulate the real open sea, the spurious reflections from the wavemaker are removed by using an active wave absorption technique.

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