Artificial reefs for wave damping |
Schlüsselwörter:
artificial reefs - coastal protection - wave damping - numerical simulation - RANSE/VOF method - free surface - measurment with transient wave groups / Kuenstliche Riffe - Kuestenschutz - Wellendaempfung - Numerische Simulation - RANSE/VOF Verfahren - Freie Oberflaeche - Seegangsversuchstechnik mit transienten Wellengruppen
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Abstract - Artificial reefs for wave damping
This thesis presents a numerical and experimental analysis of artificial reefs in waves. Underwater filter systems are an innovative and favourable solution to reduce the energy of incident waves efficiently and can be used as artificial reefs to avoid erosion of unprotected coasts and beaches. Artificial reefs consist of multi-layer filters with different porosity which partly transmit, reflect and dissipate the incoming wave energy.
Firstly an experimental analysis is conducted to obtain global values. For experiments in wave flumes of different scale - for example the huge wave flume of Hannover (GWK) with a length of 324 m - a special test procedure with transient wave trains is used, which allows a time efficient analysis for broad frequency spectra. On the basis of these results an improved linear semi-empirical model with modified boundary conditions is presented.
For a detailed analysis of artificial reefs a new non-linear numerical method for transient viscous computation of submerged filters in waves is presented. It is based on the coupling of the Reynolds averaged Navier-Stokes equations (RANSE) with the volume of fluid (VOF) method. Using the RANSE/VOF module an efficient method for geometric modelling and grid generation is presented. The kinematics at the wave paddle for generating waves is developed, and integrated into the existing flow solver. The comparison of computed results with experimental data demonstrates the good agreement of the method concerning wave elevations, velocities and structure forces. The analysis of local non-linear flow phenomena of submerged structures helps to develop optimised artificial reefs.
In summary this thesis presents results for local flow phenomena and global values. New knowledge is obtained on the transition of the near-field to the far-field, the non-linear transformation of energy from low-frequency waves to high-frequency components, and the transmission and reflection characteristics of submerged structures. In conclusion, design criteria for the construction of innovative artificial reefs for coastal protection are presented.
Betreuer | Clauss, Guenther; Prof. Dr.-Ing. |
Gutachter | Clauss, Guenther; Prof. Dr.-Ing. |
Gutachter | Haberland, Christoph; Prof. Dr.-Ing. |
Upload: | 2001-04-20 |
URL of Theses: | http://edocs.tu-berlin.de/diss/2001/habel_rolf.pdf |