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Numerical Study of Water Waves Impact on Offshore Structure

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To understand the behavior of marine structures when submitted to the action of waves, it is necessary to assess the pressure field exerted on these structures. This chapter aims at dealing with the numerical modeling of the second-order wave forces acting on a marine structure in finite water depth. The numerical approach consists in using the finite difference method to compute the fully second-order Stokes wave problem applied to a three-dimensional domain with fixed vertical cylinder. To simplify the meshing task, the fluid domain has been decomposed into subdomains. To ensure the continuity of the transformations and the velocity of these transformations at the level of the contact zones of the subdomains, additional boundaries conditions are required. The results provided in this chapter are to expose the numerical results of the water wave impact on the offshore structure for different water depths and wave heights.

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Abbreviations

t :

Time variable

H :

Wave height

h 0 :

Water depth

T :

Wave period

L :

Wave length

P 0 :

Atmospheric pressure

P :

Exerted pressure

ϕ :

Potential flow

η :

Free surface elevation

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  1. National Engineering School of Tunis, Tunis-El Manar University, Tunis, Tunisia

    Mohamed Ali Maâtoug

  2. Higher School of Sciences and Technologies of Hammam-Sousse, University of Sousse, Sousse, Tunisia

    Mekki Ayadi

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  1. National School of Engineers of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia

    Mohamed Haddar

  2. National School of Engineers of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia

    Fakher Chaari

  3. National School of Engineers of Monastir, Monastir, Tunisia

    Abdelmajid Benamara

  4. National School of Engineers of Monastir, Monastir, Tunisia

    Mnaouar Chouchane

  5. Sfax Preparatory Engineering Institute, Sfax, Tunisia

    Chafik Karra

  6. National School of Engineers of Monastir, Monastir, Tunisia

    Nizar Aifaoui

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Maâtoug, M.A., Ayadi, M. (2018). Numerical Study of Water Waves Impact on Offshore Structure. In: Haddar, M., Chaari, F., Benamara, A., Chouchane, M., Karra, C., Aifaoui, N. (eds) Design and Modeling of Mechanical Systems—III. CMSM 2017. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66697-6_42

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