Breaking and Non-Breaking Wave Load on Pile Group-Supported Marine Structures - Knowledge Generation and Model Development (WaPiGS)

• Applicant: Professor Dr.-Ing. Hocine Oumeraci
• Subject Area: Geotechnics, Hydraulic Engineering
• Term: from 2012 to 2018
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 217516501

The main objectives of the proposed research are (i) to improve the understanding of the processes associated with the interaction of breaking/non-breaking waves and pile groups, and based on this improved understanding (ii) to develop wave load formulae for the prediction of wave loads on a vertical cylindrical pile within a pile group in different arrangements. To achieve these objectives, existing data sets from previous experiments in the Large Wave Flume (GWK) will be re-analysed, new wave flume experiments will be performed and a numerical model will be validated by the experimental data and applied for a more systematic parameter study, thus extending the range of conditions tested in the laboratory. For a more efficient analysis of all the data obtained from both laboratory experiments and numerical simulations, more generic computational tools will also be developed.

• DFG Programme: Research Grants