Generating realistic irregular waves using the WaveMIMO methodology

a case study to evaluate parameters

Authors

  • Maycon da Silveira Paiva Universidade Federal do Rio Grande – FURG, Rio Grande/RS – Brasil
  • Ana Paula Giussani Mocellin Universidade Federal do Rio Grande – FURG, Rio Grande/RS – Brasil
  • Phelype Haron Oleinik Universidade Federal do Rio Grande – FURG, Rio Grande/RS – Brasil
  • Elizaldo Domingues dos Santos Universidade Federal do Rio Grande – FURG, Rio Grande/RS – Brasil
  • Luiz Alberto Oliveira Rocha Universidade Federal do Rio Grande – FURG, Rio Grande/RS – Brasil
  • Liércio André Isoldi Universidade Federal do Rio Grande – FURG, Rio Grande/RS – Brasil
  • Bianca Neves Machado Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS, Campus Litoral Norte, Tramandaí/RS - Brasil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15536/thema.V23.2024.777-802.3760

Keywords:

realistic irregular waves, WaveMIMO methodology, Fluent, TOMAWAC, computational fluid dynamics

Abstract

Among the various renewable energy sources that can be explored, there is the energy contained in sea waves. The WaveMIMO methodology is used for the numerical generation of irregular waves based on realistic sea states and consists of processing spectral data to obtain orbital velocity profiles of wave propagation, which are imposed as a boundary condition (BC) in a numerical wave channel. In this sense, this study evaluates parameters for the application of this methodology, investigating the discretization of the prescribed velocity BC imposition region, the mesh sensitivity in the free surface region, the time step used and, finally, the location of the velocity vector in each segment of the prescribed velocity BC imposition region. Therefore, realistic data were considered from a point close to the coast of the municipality of Mostardas, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, obtained from the spectral model TOMAWAC. Results indicated that, comparing the best and worst case evaluated, improvements of 6.58% and 7.60% were obtained in the metrics considered when evaluating the results.

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Author Biographies

Maycon da Silveira Paiva, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande – FURG, Rio Grande/RS – Brasil

Master in Applied Mathematics

Ana Paula Giussani Mocellin, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande – FURG, Rio Grande/RS – Brasil

Master in Applied Mathematics

Phelype Haron Oleinik, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande – FURG, Rio Grande/RS – Brasil

Master in Ocean Engineering

Elizaldo Domingues dos Santos, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande – FURG, Rio Grande/RS – Brasil

Doctor in Mechanical Engineering

Luiz Alberto Oliveira Rocha, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande – FURG, Rio Grande/RS – Brasil

Doctor in Mechanical Engineering

Liércio André Isoldi, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande – FURG, Rio Grande/RS – Brasil

Doctor in Mechanical Engineering

Bianca Neves Machado, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS, Campus Litoral Norte, Tramandaí/RS - Brasil

Doctor in Mechanical Engineering

Published

2024-10-25

How to Cite

PAIVA, M. da S.; GIUSSANI MOCELLIN, A. P. G.; HARON OLEINIK, P. H.; DOMINGUES DOS SANTOS, E. D. dos; OLIVEIRA ROCHA, L. A. O. R.; ANDRÉ ISOLDI, L. A.; NEVES MACHADO, B. N. Generating realistic irregular waves using the WaveMIMO methodology: a case study to evaluate parameters. Revista Thema, Pelotas, v. 23, n. 3, p. 777–802, 2024. DOI: 10.15536/thema.V23.2024.777-802.3760. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ifsul.edu.br/index.php/thema/article/view/3760. Acesso em: 31 oct. 2024.

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Engenharias