Simulation on marine currents at Midia Cape-Constanta area using computational fluid dynamics method

The work in volves as sess ing of the ma rine cur rent re gime in the north west of the Black Sea, Midia Cape-Constanta area. The area of in ter est is cho sen due its ex ist ing fea tures, us ing ma rine cur rents data (di rec tion and speed) within the CFD to de ter mine the dis tri bu tion of ve loc i ties and pres sures. The study on the dis tri bu tion of ve loc i ties and pres sures, ac cord ing to lo cal hy dro-me te o ro log i cal char ac ter is tic el e ments, can be used for iden ti fy ing the risk ar eas for nav i ga tion and ex ist ing hy dro-tech ni cal con struc tion in dus try. Mod el ling re sults us ing the CFD anal y sis shows the cur rents ve loc ity val ues, pres sures and turbulences of the in ves ti gated ma rine re gion. The model can be used in the anal y sis and the coast line changes as well as in risk as sess ment for hy drau lic struc tures. Ad di tional pa ram e ters into the model, such as the sea wave char ac ter is tics, aim to pro vide an in di ca tion of the po ten tial hy dro-dy namic power that is avail able at a de ter mined lo ca tion of in ter est.