This thesis investigates the applicability of the finite element method to model wave energy converter (WEC) hydroelasticity using LS-DYNA. The proposed methodology uses the Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian formulation to m ...
A numerical model for the simulation of fully-coupled fluid-structure
interaction is developed in this study. In modeling the fluid, the Reynolds
Averaged Navier-Stokes equations are solved for an incompressible viscou ...