[swak4Foam] groovyWaveTank

egp · April 16, 2009, 15:01

Here's something that might be of interest to people working in ship hydro/offshore structures/marine renewables:

I've put together a small example of using groovyBC to generate waves. You can read about and download it from the groovyBC openfoamwiki.

To see it in action, you can download a few movies using the following links

1. cylinder in waves

2. overturning box in waves

Thanks, Bernhard for creating groovyBC...

ngj · April 17, 2009, 08:18

Hi Eric

Wow, that really looks nice.

GroovyBC is truely a multipurpose tool!

Have a nice weekend,

Niels

egp · April 17, 2009, 08:37

Hi Niels,

When working on this, I was thinking of your wave BC and how to handle partial cells. I think the right approach will be to use the point functions (pts, and toFace), instead of the face-centres, however, that functionality is currently broken in 1.5-dev (the last time I checked). Once that is working, then I think it would duplicate your BC.

Of course, the real challenge is implementing wave spectra. It that case, it is probably better to go with a custom BC instead of groovyBC.

Eric

ngj · April 17, 2009, 08:53

Hi Eric

Yes, I agree. What is the progress on your BC, I noted one place that the release was in working progress? Have you implemented irregular waves?
I must admit that I for a very short second I thought that the custom made BCs had suffered a huge blow. However as I am working with stream function waves, this would be rather tedious to apply using groovyBC.

Best regards,

Niels

April 16, 2009, 15:01	groovyWaveTank	#1
egp Senior Member Eric Paterson Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Blacksburg, VA Posts: 197 Blog Entries: 1 Rep Power: 18	Here's something that might be of interest to people working in ship hydro/offshore structures/marine renewables: I've put together a small example of using groovyBC to generate waves. You can read about and download it from the groovyBC openfoamwiki. To see it in action, you can download a few movies using the following links 1. cylinder in waves 2. overturning box in waves Thanks, Bernhard for creating groovyBC...

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April 17, 2009, 08:18		#2
ngj Senior Member Niels Gjoel Jacobsen Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Posts: 1,900 Rep Power: 37	Hi Eric Wow, that really looks nice. GroovyBC is truely a multipurpose tool! Have a nice weekend, Niels

April 17, 2009, 08:37		#3
egp Senior Member Eric Paterson Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Blacksburg, VA Posts: 197 Blog Entries: 1 Rep Power: 18	Hi Niels, When working on this, I was thinking of your wave BC and how to handle partial cells. I think the right approach will be to use the point functions (pts, and toFace), instead of the face-centres, however, that functionality is currently broken in 1.5-dev (the last time I checked). Once that is working, then I think it would duplicate your BC. Of course, the real challenge is implementing wave spectra. It that case, it is probably better to go with a custom BC instead of groovyBC. Eric

April 17, 2009, 08:53		#4
ngj Senior Member Niels Gjoel Jacobsen Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Posts: 1,900 Rep Power: 37	Hi Eric Yes, I agree. What is the progress on your BC, I noted one place that the release was in working progress? Have you implemented irregular waves? I must admit that I for a very short second I thought that the custom made BCs had suffered a huge blow. However as I am working with stream function waves, this would be rather tedious to apply using groovyBC. Best regards, Niels