Abstract
Breaking waves have been a popular research area among scientists and engineers since they present a strongly nonlinear and turbulent phenomenon. When these waves encounter an offshore or coastal structure, they exert significant amount of loads and stresses, which may result in a catastrophic consequence. Therefore, it is of utmost importance to study breaking waves and associated phenomena. Inspired by this need, in a recent MARIN experiment kinematics of breaking waves were measured with Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV). Among different types of breaking waves, spilling breakers were selected in this initial campaign. First, a summary of the measurement results will be given. These results will then be used for validation of a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) tool. In numerical simulations two methods were followed in order to reproduce the focused wave: in the first method, the CFD tool was coupled to a nonlinear wave model, and in the second method an iterative scheme was used with the CFD tool. Results from these methods were then compared with the measurements.
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