Numerical study of green water loads on a fixed structure with elastic sidewalls by MPS-FEM coupled method

Abstract

In rough seas, large masses of water will exceed the freeboard and cause violent slamming on the deck, known as green water. Due to its high destructive power, many scientists have devoted themselves to the study of green water. Given the complexity, various simplified methods have been used to study the mechanism and stresses of green water. In this paper, the loads and patterns of green water events on a fixed structure with rigid or flexible sidewalls were investigated using the solver MPSFSI-SJTU based on the Moving Particle Semi-Implicit (MPS) method coupled with the Finite Element Method (FEM). The rapid flow-structure interaction is generated by the wet dam-break method. Firstly, the numerical simulation of the water shipping events with the rigid structure was carried out, which was in good agreement with the existing numerical simulation results. Secondly, numerical simulations were carried out for different cases of fixed structures with elastic side wall and elastic upper wall. The influence of elastic modulus on wave loads and waveform was analyzed.