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Coupling potential and viscous flow models with domain decomposition for wave propagations

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Either potential flow or viscous flow based model may be flawed for numerical wave simulations. The two-way coupling of potential and viscous flow models with the domain decomposition utilizing respective strengths has been a trending research topic. In contrast to existing literatures in which closed source potential models were used, the widely used open source OceanWave3D, OpenFOAM-v2012 are used in the present research. An innovative overlapping two-way coupling strategy is developed utilizing the ghost points in OceanWave3D. To guarantee computational stability, a relaxation zone used both for outlet damping and data transfer is built over the overlapping region in OceanWave3D. The free surface elevation in the relaxation zone is directly probed in OpenFOAM while the velocity potential is indirectly built upon its temporal variation which is calculated by the free surface boundary condition using the probed velocity. Strong coupling is achieved based on the fourth-order Runge-Kutta (RK) algorithm. Both two- and three-dimensional tests including linear, nonlinear, irregular, and multi-directional irregular waves, are conducted. The effectiveness of the coupling procedure in bidirectional data transfer is fully demonstrated, and the model is validated to be accurate and efficient, thus providing a competitive alternative for ocean wave simulations.

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  1. Computational Marine Hydrodynamics Lab (CMHL), School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Civil Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China

    Wen-jie Zhong, Wen-tao Wang & De-cheng Wan

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Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 52101324, 52131102, 51879159 and 52131102), the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2019YFB1704200).

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Zhong, Wj., Wang, Wt. & Wan, Dc. Coupling potential and viscous flow models with domain decomposition for wave propagations. J Hydrodyn 34, 826–848 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42241-022-0067-7

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