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In this work the feasibility of a numerical wave tank using a hybrid particle-mesh method is investigated. Based on the fluid implicit particle method (FLIP) a formulation for the hybrid method is presented for incompressible multiphase flows involving large density jumps and wave generating boundaries. The performance of the method is assessed for a standing wave and for the generation and propagation of a solitary wave over a flat and a sloping bed. A comparison is made with results obtained with a well-established SPH package. The tests demonstrate that the method is a promising and attractive tool for simulating the nearshore propagation of waves.
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Biography: Jakob Maljaars, Male, Ph. D. Candidate
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Maljaars, J., Labeur, R.J., Möller, M. et al. Development of a hybrid particle-mesh method for simulating free-surface flows. J Hydrodyn 29, 413–422 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1016/S1001-6058(16)60751-5
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