In this study, we carried out the numerical simulation and analysis of the variation characteristics of the wave field around LCS (Low-Crested Structure), and the results were compared with the existing studies on submerged breakwater.
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In this study, we carried out the numerical simulation and analysis of the variation characteristics of the wave field around LCS (Low-Crested Structure), and the results were compared with the existing studies on submerged breakwater.
Europe and Japan have conducted many researches on the LCS to prevent the beach erosion such that LCS has been regarded as an alternative to the submerged breakwaters. In addition, the research results were used for the design manuals. However, most conventional studies on LCS have been focused on the estimation of required weight of armor units with two-dimensional wave transmission, mainly based on experimental examinations and discussions.
We conducted 2-D and 3-D numerical analysis for permeable LCS. In the study, we used the olaFlow model that is based on the Navier-Stokes momentum equations with the OpenFOAM®(Open source Field Operation And Manipulation) model. This model is a strongly nonlinear analysis method based on the finite volume method and it enables the breaking and turbulence analysis.
First of all, we performed the verification of the olaFlow model. To this end, we compared the numerical results of the model to the existing experimental results in various aspects that include the wave variation around 2-D impermeable submerged breakwater, the water velocity around 2-D permeable submerged breakwater, the variation of seawater level and wave pressure around three-dimensional permeable upright walls, the variation of seawater level and flow velocity around three-dimensional impermeable submerged breakwater, and the generated wave profile and frequency spectrum of irregular wave. Then, we applied the model to LCS to carry out the numerical analysis of wave field characteristics in different cases such as (1) Variation Characteristic of Wave Field around 2-D LCS, (2) Variation Characteristics of Irregular Wave Fields around 2-D LCS, (3) Variation Characteristics of Wave Field around 3-D LCS, (4) Variation Characteristics of Irregular Wave Field around 3-D LCS.
In case (1), experiments were carried out on the wave flume around the LCS with beach by changing the conditions like crest freeboard height, incident wave height and period. The variation characteristics such as the transmission by LCS, the wave propagation, the averaged wave height spatial distribution, the averaged water velocity and spatial distribution, and averaged turbulent kinetic energy were investigated. In case (2), we carried out experiments for the irregular wave field with additional analysis of characteristic of wave spectrum. In case (3) and (4), the experiments were conducted for 3-D numerical wave tank with the same cross section with case (1) and (2) by changing incident wave height, crest freeboard height, and structures gap width. Both the regular and irregular wave fields are studied, respectively. Variation characteristics and distribution of mean wave( wave) nearshore current as well as the mean turbulent kinetic were investigated compared with existing study results on submerged breakwater.