Computational Study of Overtopping Phenomenon over Cylindrical Structures Including Mitigation Structures
dc.contributor.author | Esteban Alcalá, Gustavo Adolfo ![]() | |
dc.contributor.author | Ezkurra, Xabier | |
dc.contributor.author | Bidaguren Diego, Iñigo ![]() | |
dc.contributor.author | Albaina Lopez de Armentia, Iñigo | |
dc.contributor.author | Izquierdo Ereño, Urko ![]() | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-08-29T08:17:26Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-08-29T08:17:26Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2024-08-20 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 12(8) : (2024) // Article ID 1441 | es_ES |
dc.identifier.issn | 2077-1312 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10810/69347 | |
dc.description.abstract | Wave overtopping occurring in offshore wind renewable energy structures such as tension leg platforms (TLPs) or semi-submersible platforms is a phenomenon that is worth studying and preventing in order to extend the remaining useful life of the corresponding facilities. The behaviour of this phenomenon has been extensively reported for linear coastal defences like seawalls. However, no referenced study has treated the case of cylindrical structures typical of these applications to a similar extent. The aim of the present study is to define an empirical expression that portrays the relative overtopping rate over a vertical cylinder including a variety of bull-nose type mitigation structures to reduce the overtopping rate in the same fashion as for the linear structures characteristic of shoreline defences. Hydrodynamic interaction was studied by means of an experimentally validated numerical model applied to a non-impulsive regular wave regime and the results were compared with the case of a plain cylinder to evaluate the expected improvement in the overtopping performance. Four different types of parapets were added to the crest of the base cylinder, with different parapet height and horizontal extension, to see the influence of the geometry on the mitigation efficiency. Computational results confirmed the effectivity of the proposed solution in the overtopping reduction, though the singularity of each parapet geometry did not lead to an outstanding difference between the analysed options. Consequently, the resulting overtopping decrease in all the proposed geometries could be modelled by a unique specific Weibull-type function of the relative freeboard, which governed the phenomenon, showing a net reduction in comparison with the cylinder without the geometric modifications. In addition, the relationship between the reduced relative overtopping rate and the mean flow thickness over the vertical cylinder crest was studied as an alternative methodology to assess the potential damage caused by overtopping in real structures without complex volumetric measurements. The collection of computational results was fitted to a useful function, allowing for the definition of the overtopping discharge once the mean flow thickness was known. | es_ES |
dc.description.sponsorship | This work was carried out within the framework of the ITSAS-REM Research Group (IT-1514-22) funded by the Basque Government. | es_ES |
dc.language.iso | eng | es_ES |
dc.publisher | MDPI | es_ES |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | es_ES |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/es/ | |
dc.subject | wave overtopping | es_ES |
dc.subject | overtopping discharge | es_ES |
dc.subject | cylindrical structure | es_ES |
dc.subject | numerical wave flume | es_ES |
dc.subject | bull-nose | es_ES |
dc.subject | parapet | es_ES |
dc.subject | wave return wall | es_ES |
dc.title | Computational Study of Overtopping Phenomenon over Cylindrical Structures Including Mitigation Structures | es_ES |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | es_ES |
dc.date.updated | 2024-08-28T14:00:36Z | |
dc.rights.holder | © 2024 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/). | es_ES |
dc.relation.publisherversion | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/12/8/1441 | es_ES |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3390/jmse12081441 | |
dc.departamentoes | Ingeniería Energética | |
dc.departamentoeu | Energia Ingenieritza |
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