Experimental analysis and numerical simulation of wave overtopping on a fixed vertical cylinder under regular waves

G. A. Esteban*, A. Aristondo, U. Izquierdo, J. M. Blanco, G. Pérez-Morán

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Abstract

Wave overtopping phenomenon affects relatively narrow offshore marine structures different from shoreline linear structures, where there is not defined a precise prediction methodology as it is the case of the behaviour at long coastal defences. In the present study a combined experimental and numerical approach has been followed to obtain an empirical relation that represents the relative overtopping discharge over a fixed vertical cylinder exposed to non-impulsive wave conditions. The phenomenon follows a Weibull type dependence on the relative freeboard in a similar way as the case of vertical walls but reporting a decreasing overtopping rate at higher freeboards. In addition, a direct linear relationship between the relative mean flow thickness computed at the centre of the circular crest of the cylinder and the relative overtopping discharge has been observed. This methodology may be used as an indirect cost-effective method to characterize experimentally the wave overtopping phenomenon in cylindrical structures of full-scale prototypes without the need of accumulating and characterising huge amounts of overtopped water volumes. The present study contains a systematic analysis of the dispersion obtained in the experimental and computational results to evaluate the performance attributed to the proposed empirical expressions.

Original languageEnglish
Article number104097
JournalCoastal Engineering
Volume173
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2022

Funding

The study was conducted within the framework of the research project MATHEO (KK-2019/00085) funded by the Basque Government. The authors would like also to express their gratitude for the support provided by the Research Groups of the UPV/EHU (GIU19/029) and the Basque Government (IT1314-19), as well as the support provided by the Joint Research Laboratory on Offshore Renewable Energy (JRL-ORE). Open Access funding provided by University of Basque Country. The study was conducted within the framework of the research project MATHEO (KK-2019/00085) funded by the Basque Government . The authors would like also to express their gratitude for the support provided by the Research Groups of the UPV/EHU ( GIU19/029 ) and the Basque Government ( IT1314-19 ), as well as the support provided by the Joint Research Laboratory on Offshore Renewable Energy (JRL-ORE). Open Access funding provided by University of Basque Country .

FundersFunder number
Joint Research Laboratory on Offshore Renewable Energy
Eusko Jaurlaritza
Euskal Herriko UnibertsitateaGIU19/029, IT1314-19
Universitat Politècnica de València

    Keywords

    • Cylindrical structure
    • Numerical model tests
    • Physical model tests
    • RANS-VOF
    • Wave overtopping

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