Affiliations: Ocean Engineering Program, Department of Civil
Engineering, Texas A University, College Station, TX 77843- 3136, USA. | Ship Technology Division, Science Applications
International Corporation, Annapolis, MD 21401, USA.
Abstract: A new three-dimensional potential flow numerical method has been
developed to study wave diffraction around compound coastal structures. This
new method is based on a multi-block finite-analytic scheme. A chimera domain
decomposition technique is used to model complex geometry and to connect
overlapped grids by interpolating information across block boundaries.
Calculations were performed for three examples, including a harbor entrance, a
single breakwater, and a combined breakwater and large floating platform, to
illustrate the flexibility and effectiveness of the present method.