Numerical and Experimental Generation of Freak Waves

Abstract

Control signals with simultaneous modulation of periods and amplitudes were finetuned and fed to a wave flap for a generation of freak waves. The meshless Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics method was used to predict the location and the amplitude of the maximum wave crest. The time series output from the DualSPHysics software was validated experimentally at the BSHC seakeeping wave basin. The experimental data is in good agreement with the simulations.