Using a Three-Dimensional Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics Method for Wave Impact on a Tall Structure

✍ Scribed by Gómez-Gesteira, M.; Dalrymple, Robert A.

• Book ID: 120638308
• Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 592 KB
• Volume: 130
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0733-950X
• DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-950X(2004)130:2(63)

✦ Synopsis

The impact of a single wave generated by a dam break with a tall structure is modeled with a three-dimensional version of the smoothed particle hydrodynamics method. The method is used to analyze the propagation of a long wave and the force it exerts on a tall structure located in a region with vertical boundaries. Velocities and forces obtained from a numerical model are shown to be in good agreement with laboratory measurements. The effect of having a dry bed in front of the dam prior to the dam break versus a wet bed in the experiment is discussed.