期刊
OCEAN ENGINEERING
卷 235, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2021.109375
关键词
IH2VOF; Rubble-mound; Concrete armour unit; Breakwater; Physical modelling; Numerical modelling
资金
- American University of Sharjah [FRG20-S-S12]
Numerical models play a crucial role in studying wave-structure interaction processes, and adequate validation is necessary to ensure accuracy. A methodology based on Artificial Neural Networks was proposed in this study, successfully applied to optimize the empirical coefficients for porous media in predicting overtopping discharges.
Numerical models are valuable tools to provide information on wave-structure interaction processes that are difficult to measure in a physical model. The current level of accuracy of numerical models is relatively high but an adequate validation to establish the models' empirical parameters is required to ensure a correct representation of the phenomena to be investigated. To this end, a trial and error approach is typically adopted, potentially resulting in a large number of simulations. In this study, a methodology based on Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) is presented, to obtain the optimal combination of values for the empirical coefficients that characterize the porous media in a VARANS-VOF model for predicting mean overtopping discharges. From an initial reduced set of simulations, input and output data are obtained for the training of the ANN. The ANN is then used to estimate the best values for the combination of coefficients that describe the three breakwater layers (armour, filter, and core), which are subsequently applied in the numerical model. The method was successfully applied to a set of laboratory experiments aimed at obtaining overtopping discharges for a Single-Layer Cube armoured breakwater. It resulted in a large reduction of computational effort when compared to the simulation of all possible combinations of values.
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