Code
3E012212
Duration
01 October 2012 → 30 November 2014
Funding
Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Engineering and technology
- Construction engineering
- Earthquake engineering
- Geotechnical and environmental engineering
- Water engineering
- Wind engineering
Keywords
turbulence
modelling
coastal engineering
compressible fluids
numerical simulations
breaking waves
air entrainment
Project description
Violent impacts of breaking water waves on coastal structures are investigated by means of numerical simulations. A VOF-model is completed with models to capture the air entrainment in breaking waves. A better quality of the simulation will be obtained by treating the mixture of water and air as compressible.