wave2solids is a numerical wave-structure-interaction (WSI) model combining the wave generation toolbox olaFlow and the fluid-strucutre-interaction (FSI) toolbox solids4Foam in the framework of OpenFOAM.

This free and open-source project is committed to enabling the fully-coupled simulation of wave interactions with flexible structures to the foam-extend communities.

To get set up, you must first install foam-extend-4.0.

To get a copy of olaFlow source and reference materials, run in a terminal:

git clone https://github.com/phicau/olaFlow.git

To get a copy of solids4Foam source and reference materials, run in a terminal:

git clone https://bitbucket.org/philip_cardiff/solids4foam-release.git

Go to the solids4Foam base folder and change to fluidModels directory:

cd solids4foam-release/src/solids4FoamModels/fluidModels/

To get a copy of the combined fluid model wave2solids, run in a terminal:

git clone https://github.com/huzhengyu/wave2solids.git

Make some modifications in the compilation files, run in a terminal:

sed -i '35i fluidModels/wave2solids/wave2solids.C' ../Make/files.foamextend

sed -i '$s/$/& \\\n\t-lwaveGeneration \\\n\t-lwaveAbsorption/' ../Make/options ../../../applications/solvers/solids4Foam/Make/options

The compilation is straightforward, simply run the following script from the olaFlow base folder:

./allMake

Also, simply run the following script from the solids4Foam base folder:

./Allwmake

A tutorial case of a flexible wall in nonlinear periodic waves is provided.

Go to the Tutorials/Wall folder, and run in a terminal:

./Allrun

Feel free to modify the phrase and adapt it to your own needs.

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Cardiff, P. et al., 2018. An open-source finite volume toolbox for solid mechanics and fluid-solid interaction simulations. arXiv preprint arXiv:1808.10736.

Tuković, Ž., Karač, A., Cardiff, P., Jasak, H. and Ivanković, A., 2018. Openfoam finite volume solver for fluid-solid interaction. Transactions of FAMENA, 42(3): 1-31.