Office/Division Program
OSRR
Project Number
1045
Category
Research Initiation Date (Award Date)
Research Performing Activity
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Research Principal Investigator
Michel Boufadel
Research Contracting Agency
Research Contract Award Value
$380,844.00
Description
The objective of this project was to improve the performance of Ohmsett's test tank by designing a new wave-damping beach system (which would be built under a future project) to reduce wave reflection, and to investigate the capability of the current wave generator to produce breaking waves at discrete locations in the tank.
To model the system, NJIT collected wave data using ultrasonic altimeters and acoustic Doppler velocimeters. The data were input into Fluent fluid dynamics software. A new beach design is based on a system of grids to attenuate the waves. NJIT was also able to program the wave generator to generate breaking waves at discrete locations in the test tank.
Latest progress update
The project is complete. The final report is posted below.