Multiple reflections of the waves between structure and wavemaker in hydraulic flumes could change the frequency content of the desired incident wave or result in resonance. A prominent approach to avoid multiple refl...Multiple reflections of the waves between structure and wavemaker in hydraulic flumes could change the frequency content of the desired incident wave or result in resonance. A prominent approach to avoid multiple reflections is active control of the wavemaker. This paper proposes a simple and practical active control algorithm for piston-type wavemaker. The block diagram of the control system is presented in real time domain. It is shown that there is no need to use any transfer function or filter in the feedback and feed forward loops and the use of constant gains can yield acceptable results. In the operating frequency range(0.25-2 Hz), it is revealed that the proposed system is very effective at suppressing the excitation of resonant sloshing for regular wave. In the case of irregular waves, it is depicted that the experimental waves agree quite well with the desired wave elevation in frequency domain. In addition, comparison of the results obtained both with and without absorption discloses the good characteristics in time domain.展开更多
A novel numerical piston-type wave-maker toolbox for the OpenFOAM is developed and demonstrated in this paper. This toolbox is implemented in C++ for improving the solutions of nonlinear wave problems in the field of ...A novel numerical piston-type wave-maker toolbox for the OpenFOAM is developed and demonstrated in this paper. This toolbox is implemented in C++ for improving the solutions of nonlinear wave problems in the field of hydrodynamics. As a toolbox that generates waves using the piston-type method only, it contains several frequently used functions, including the generation and the absorption of waves of various forms, an active absorption system and the porous media flow. Furthermore, to illustrate the operability of the toolbox, some validations and applications are presented, including the regular waves, the irregular waves, and the solitary waves. In each case, a satisfactory agreement is obtained in comparison with the published experimental or theoretical results,so this toolbox may be applied with a considerable confidence.展开更多
文摘Multiple reflections of the waves between structure and wavemaker in hydraulic flumes could change the frequency content of the desired incident wave or result in resonance. A prominent approach to avoid multiple reflections is active control of the wavemaker. This paper proposes a simple and practical active control algorithm for piston-type wavemaker. The block diagram of the control system is presented in real time domain. It is shown that there is no need to use any transfer function or filter in the feedback and feed forward loops and the use of constant gains can yield acceptable results. In the operating frequency range(0.25-2 Hz), it is revealed that the proposed system is very effective at suppressing the excitation of resonant sloshing for regular wave. In the case of irregular waves, it is depicted that the experimental waves agree quite well with the desired wave elevation in frequency domain. In addition, comparison of the results obtained both with and without absorption discloses the good characteristics in time domain.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51579034the Public Science and Technology Research Funds Projects of Ocean (Grant No. 201405025).
文摘A novel numerical piston-type wave-maker toolbox for the OpenFOAM is developed and demonstrated in this paper. This toolbox is implemented in C++ for improving the solutions of nonlinear wave problems in the field of hydrodynamics. As a toolbox that generates waves using the piston-type method only, it contains several frequently used functions, including the generation and the absorption of waves of various forms, an active absorption system and the porous media flow. Furthermore, to illustrate the operability of the toolbox, some validations and applications are presented, including the regular waves, the irregular waves, and the solitary waves. In each case, a satisfactory agreement is obtained in comparison with the published experimental or theoretical results,so this toolbox may be applied with a considerable confidence.