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Numerical Wave Interaction with Tetrapods Breakwater
Mohd Imran bin Ramli
Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Ir. Dr. Mohammad Fadhli bin Ahmad
Bachelor of Applied Science (Maritime Technology)
School of Ocean Engineering
Universiti Malaysia Terengganu
This study provides a result of a new procedure to analyze the hydrodynamic aspects
of the interactions between maritime emerged breakwaters and waves by integrating
CAD and CFD. The structure is modeled in the numerical domain by overlapping
individual three-dimensional elements (Tetrapods) which very much like the real world
or laboratory testing. Flow of the fluid within the interstices among concrete blocks is
evaluated by integrating the RANS equations. The aim is to investigate the reliability
of this approach as a design tool. Therefore, for the result validation, the numerical
run-up and reflection effects on virtual breakwater were compared with some
empirical formulae and some similar laboratory tests. The expected result can be used
in the breakwater design phase for comparison between several design solutions with
a significant minor cost.
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