İMO 10. Kıyı Mühendisliği Sempozyumu, İzmir, Türkiye, 16 - 17 Kasım 2023, ss.408-416
In computational fluid dynamics (CFD) studies, macro porous media modeling
approach solves the Volume Averaged Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes
(VARANS) equations to model the flow through mound breakwaters. Resistance
parameters that emerge as a result of the volume averaging method need
calibration in each study. These parameters significantly affect the free-surface elevation in front of the structure and wave overtopping values. In this study,
overtopping of bichromatic wave series over a mound breakwater structure is
numerically studied using a CFD code, OpenFOAM. In the first step of the study,
the free-surface elevation results of the bichromatic wave series obtained from
numerical simulations are compared with the physical model experimental data
and the performance of the solver is evaluated. In the second step of the study,
the resistance parameters are calibrated and the most appropriate values of
these parameters are determined for different placement methods (closed
pyramid, double pyramid and irregular) of the antifer units used in the armor
layer of the structure. Existing physical model results are used during
calibration studies.