Author(s): N. Karagiannis; T. Karambas; C. Koutitas
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Abstract: In the present work an innovative numerical approach for the simulation of the wave propagation and the scour at the tow of a vertical breakwater is applied. Using two numerical models, this method seems to yield highly satisfactory results from qualitative point of view. The first numerical model, synthesized on the basis of Open Foam, is used for the simulation of the wave propagation resulting in the hydrodynamic characteristics of the flow while the second one concerns the sediment transport simulation as well as the scour evolution in front of a breakwater, using the results of the first model. Hence, the combination of the above two models constitutes a holistic numerical approach for the simulation of the sediment transport and the scour in front of a vertical breakwater.
Year: 2016