Wave boundary condition - point source - Coast/Estuary - Delft3D
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Samantha Maticka, modified 1 Month ago.
Wave boundary condition - point source
Youngling Posts: 6 Join Date: 10/2/20 Recent Posts Hello,
I am trying to run Delft3D with just waves. I am using a curvilinear grid and would like to force it with time-varying waves that approach from the southwest. Can anyone advise on the best wave to do this? What I have tried is resulting in a point-source effect of waves rather than a spatially uniform forcing. I included pictures below.
I have field observations from a single location that I would like to force my model with. It is about 20km from my area of interest. Currently, I am using a curvilinear circular domain, and I am applying a non-stationary time-varying boundary forcing by using a TPAR file, specifying a 'segment' type of boundary in the [Boundary] block of the .mdw file, and declaring specific times to perform the calculations as [TimePoint] blocks. Something like this:
[TimePoint]
Time = 0.000000000000000000e+000
WaterLevel = 1.000000000000000000e+000
XVeloc = 0.000000000000000000e+000
YVeloc = 0.000000000000000000e+000
WindSpeed = 0.000000000000000000e+000
WindDir = 0.000000000000000000e+000
[TimePoint]
Time = 60.0
WaterLevel = 1.000000000000000000e+000
XVeloc = 0.000000000000000000e+000
YVeloc = 0.000000000000000000e+000
WindSpeed = 0.000000000000000000e+000
WindDir = 0.000000000000000000e+000
...
...[Boundary]
Name = PointP6
Definition = xy-coordinates
StartCoordX = 575571.0
EndCoordX = 575571.0
StartCoordY = 8177208.0
EndCoordY = 8177208.0
SpectrumSpec = from file
Spectrum = spectral.bnd
I tried using a 15-point segment for the boundary (~1/15th of the perimeter), but the accuracy reported in the PRINT file from SWAN suggested that the model did not converge. So I reduced it from 15 points along the encompassing boundary to 2 points. It looked to converge, but both results had somewhat of a 'beam-like' behavior.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!
Thank you
Sam
This is what our results look like. For a depth like this (outside the red circle is not part of the domain):
The significant wave height looks like this (1st is 15-point boundary, 2nd is 2-pt):
and
but this is what we would like them to look like:
I am trying to run Delft3D with just waves. I am using a curvilinear grid and would like to force it with time-varying waves that approach from the southwest. Can anyone advise on the best wave to do this? What I have tried is resulting in a point-source effect of waves rather than a spatially uniform forcing. I included pictures below.
I have field observations from a single location that I would like to force my model with. It is about 20km from my area of interest. Currently, I am using a curvilinear circular domain, and I am applying a non-stationary time-varying boundary forcing by using a TPAR file, specifying a 'segment' type of boundary in the [Boundary] block of the .mdw file, and declaring specific times to perform the calculations as [TimePoint] blocks. Something like this:
[TimePoint]
Time = 0.000000000000000000e+000
WaterLevel = 1.000000000000000000e+000
XVeloc = 0.000000000000000000e+000
YVeloc = 0.000000000000000000e+000
WindSpeed = 0.000000000000000000e+000
WindDir = 0.000000000000000000e+000
[TimePoint]
Time = 60.0
WaterLevel = 1.000000000000000000e+000
XVeloc = 0.000000000000000000e+000
YVeloc = 0.000000000000000000e+000
WindSpeed = 0.000000000000000000e+000
WindDir = 0.000000000000000000e+000
...
...[Boundary]
Name = PointP6
Definition = xy-coordinates
StartCoordX = 575571.0
EndCoordX = 575571.0
StartCoordY = 8177208.0
EndCoordY = 8177208.0
SpectrumSpec = from file
Spectrum = spectral.bnd
I tried using a 15-point segment for the boundary (~1/15th of the perimeter), but the accuracy reported in the PRINT file from SWAN suggested that the model did not converge. So I reduced it from 15 points along the encompassing boundary to 2 points. It looked to converge, but both results had somewhat of a 'beam-like' behavior.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!
Thank you
Sam
This is what our results look like. For a depth like this (outside the red circle is not part of the domain):
The significant wave height looks like this (1st is 15-point boundary, 2nd is 2-pt):
and
but this is what we would like them to look like: