Fully Nonlinear Simulations of Wave Resonance by An Array of Cylinders
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| Authors: | HUANG Hao-cai WANG Chi-zhong and LENG Jian-xing |
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| Institution: | Department of Ocean Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University;Department of Ocean Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University;Department of Ocean Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University |
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| Abstract: | The finite element method (FEM) is employed to analyze the resonant oscillations of the liquid confined within multiple or an array of floating bodies with fully nonlinear boundary conditions on the free surface and the body surface in two dimensions. The velocity potentials at each time step are obtained through the FEM with 8-node quadratic shape functions. The finite element linear system is solved by the conjugate gradient (CG) method with a symmetric successive overelaxlation (SSOR) preconditioner. The waves at the open boundary are absorbed by the combination of the damping zone method and the Sommerfeld-Orlanski equation. Numerical examples are given by an array of floating wedge- shaped cylinders and rectangular cylinders. Results are provided for heave motions including wave elevations, profiles and hydrodynamic forces. Comparisons are made in several cases with the results obtained from the second order solution in the time domain. It is found that the wave amplitude in the middle region of the array is larger than those in other places, and the hydrodynamic force on a cylinder increases with the cylinder closing to the middle of the array. |
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| Keywords: | resonance an array of cylinders fully nonlinear wave high order finite element method |
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