CFD Modeling of Regular and Irregular Waves Generated by Flap Type Wave Maker

The improvement of wave generation in numerical tanks represents the key factor ocean engineering development to save time and effort research concerned with energy conversion. For this purpose, paper introduces a simulation method generate both regular irregular waves using Flap-Type maker. A 2D tank model is constructed beach technique, independence slope tested reduce reflections. different governing parameters Flap type maker were studied such as periodic dependency length flap stroke. linear generated was validated against theory WMT, results agreed WMT. Pierson-Moskowitz used frequencies amplitudes. succeeded which published experimental data spectrum Fourier expansion frequency domain. Useful are presented based on understand characteristics waves. This produces full guide numerically ANSYS-CFX approach solve Unsteady Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes Equation (URANS).