In this paper, an adaptive mesh scheme in boundary element computations for solving the propagation of oblique incident wave passing a breakwater is developed. The purpose is to demonstrate cost savings engendered through adaptivity. The computation is performed on meshes of constant boundary elements, and are adapted to the solution by locally changing element sizes (h-version). Two error indi...

The climate change process is leading to an increase in the sea level and storm intensity. associated shoreline recession can damage coastal facilities also beaches protected by submerged/emerged breakwaters whose defense action become ineffective. application of cross-shore numerical models does not allow performance long-term analyses. In this paper, a semi-analytical model for evaluation due...

Integrated remote sensing techniques, such as photogrammetry from unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), mobile laser scanners (MLS) and multibeam echosounders (MBES), are particularly effective in detecting measuring coastal seabed features their modifications over time (4D analysis) induced by sea storms. In fact, these techniques allow the production of very high-resolution 3D models, with a contin...

The present work is to evaluate the performance of RANS turbulence models for simulating regular wavepropagation over a submerged breakwater using open-source Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software OpenFOAM. numerical results four (k-ε model, k-ω SST buoyancy-modified and stabilized model) are compared with published experimental data free surface elevations velocities at gauges. Moreover,...