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In this paper, the use of an absorbing boundary condition (ABC) is investigated for the numerical simulation of regular and irregular waves in three dimensional computational domains where Navier-Stokes equations describe the motion of the fluid. The numerical implementation of the ABC using a staggered grid arrangement is explained in detail. All of the numerical modifications are incorporated into the CFD simulation tool ComFLOW which employs a volume-of-fluid (VOF) method. Numerical examples are provided to demonstrate the performance of the ABC. The reflection character of the ABC is observed and the results of the computations are discussed and compared.
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This research is supported by the Dutch Technology Foundation STW, applied science division of NWO and the technology programme of the Ministry of Economic Affairs in The Netherlands (contracts GWI.6433 and 10475).
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Düz, B., Huijsmans, R.H.M., Veldman, A.E.P., Borsboom, M.J.A., Wellens, P.R. (2013). An Absorbing Boundary Condition for Regular and Irregular Wave Simulations. In: Eça, L., Oñate, E., García-Espinosa, J., Kvamsdal, T., Bergan, P. (eds) MARINE 2011, IV International Conference on Computational Methods in Marine Engineering. Computational Methods in Applied Sciences, vol 29. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6143-8_2
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