2020 Volume 76 Issue 2 Pages I_115-I_120
Numerical simulations are now being applied in place of the physical model experiments that have been used in the design of maritime structures. In this paper, the transition from model experiments to numerical simulations in the field of design of maritime structures is investigated. For wave deformations such as wave shoaling and wave breaking and reflected waves of long-period waves, it is now possible to shift from physical model experiments to numerical simulations. Numerical simulations can be performed on wave pressure, wave overtopping, and transmitted wave, but when applied to actual design, accuracy verification is required and calculation speed is desired to be improved. At present, it is difficult to apply numerical simulations for phenomena accompanying movement of objects such as caisson sliding and wave dissipating block movement to actual design.
