Hydrodynamic characteristics of the multi-level overtopping wave power device

Abstract

The geometrical model was built by the computer-aided design software and imported into STAR-CCM+. Typical wave conditions in the East China Sea were used in computational fluid dynamics simulation. By observing overtopping process and recording water discharge, the relationship between wave conditions and overtopping process was obtained. Finally, the simulation was validated by comparing the theoretical and experimental results. Furthermore, an empirical model was developed to predict the water discharge.