Abstract:
Numerical modeling of an entire physical wave flume with a breakwater at scale 1:30 was
performed using a coupling technique between FLUINCO wave propagation and SPHyCE
wave-structure interaction codes. The rock blocks of the breakwater are directly simulated
with the SPHyCE code using similar rectangular blocks. Numerical results of free surface
elevation before the breakwater, over and inside the rock armor layer and overtopping
discharge over the structure, for wave period 12s and wave heights 2.5 and 3.3m (prototype
values), are in good accordance with experimental data.
