Experimental Modelling of Water-Wave Interactions with a Flexible Beam

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Authors

Wajiha Rehman, Tim Bunnik, Onno Bokhove, Mark Kelmanson

Abstract

A series of fluid-structure-interaction (FSI) experiments is presented for studying water-wave interactions with a flexible beam in a wide range of sea conditions, thereby yielding a repository of FSI test-case data. The aim is to use these experimental data in order to validate FSI solvers commonly employed by the maritime industry in the design of fixed-foundation, offshore wind turbines.
The experimental set-up allows simultaneous measurements of beam deflections and their effect on incident and reflected waves. In addition, the study is carried out in a wide range of sea conditions ranging from regular-to-irregular and moderate-to-extreme wave height and steepness. The study of such a wide range of conditions makes the experiments suitable for providing reliable data in the validation of a suite of mathematical and numerical FSI solvers, i.e., linear, nonlinear and high-fidelity. The data from the experiments are made publicly available
through open-source data-sharing platforms.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.31223/X5998B

Subjects

Engineering, Physical Sciences and Mathematics

Keywords

fluid-structure interactions (FSI), experimental fluid dynamics, benchmark experiments, flexible-beam dynamics, experimental fluid dynamics, benchmark experiments, fluid structure interactions (FSI)

Dates

Published: 2024-01-19 15:37

Last Updated: 2024-01-19 23:37

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Data Availability (Reason not available):
https://github.com/EAGRE-water-wave-impact-modelling/FSI_Experiments