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Numerical Simulation of Free Surface‐Structure‐Interaction with Multi‐Regional Mesh Deformation
Author(s) -
Fuchs Vilmar,
Wünsch Olaf
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
pamm
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1617-7061
DOI - 10.1002/pamm.201110223
Subject(s) - fluid–structure interaction , deformation (meteorology) , finite element method , solver , finite volume method , free surface , tower , offshore wind power , submarine pipeline , renewable energy , marine engineering , volume of fluid method , geology , computer simulation , work (physics) , mechanics , structural engineering , mechanical engineering , engineering , computer science , physics , geotechnical engineering , turbine , oceanography , breakup , electrical engineering , programming language
The Fluid‐Structure‐Interactions (FSI) for technological constructions on sea are becoming nowadays very important in view of growing consumption of renewable energy sources. Exceptionally the offshore wind farms are exposed to extreme weather conditions due to breaking and non‐breaking wave loads. This work presents numerical Finite‐Volume‐Method (FVM) analysis of fluid and structure interactions with water waves impact on elastic solid structures. We develop a Free Surface‐Structure‐Interaction (FSSI) solver in OpenFAOM [1] with multi‐regional mesh deformation. A two dimensional numerical water impact model on a damping element prototype of an offshore wind turbin tower is investigated. (© 2011 Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)