Eric Lionel Didier

Dr. Eric Lionel Didier

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Academic Career Length

24Years (2003-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 November 2013 in Energy
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PTPaulo R.F. Teixeira
Paulo R.F. Teixeira
DDDjavan P. Davyt
Djavan P. Davyt
EDEric Lionel Didier
Eric Lionel Didier
RRRubén Ramalhais
Rubén Ramalhais

1 September 2014 in Ocean Engineering
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EDEric Lionel Didier
Eric Lionel Didier
NDNeves D.R.C.B.
Neves D.R.C.B.
MRMartins R.
Martins R.
Maria Graça NevesMaria Graça Neves
Maria Graça Neves

20 August 2016 in Ocean Engineering
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FTFernando R. Torres
Fernando R. Torres
PTPaulo Roberto de Freitas Teixeira
Paulo Roberto de Freitas Teixeira
EDEric Lionel Didier
Eric Lionel Didier


1 March 2018 in Journal of Hydro-environment Research
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AMA. Mendonça
A. Mendonça
JDJ. Dias
J. Dias
EDEric Lionel Didier
Eric Lionel Didier
CFC.J.E.M. Fortes
C.J.E.M. Fortes
Maria Graça NevesMaria Graça Neves
Maria Graça Neves
PTP.R.F. Teixeira
P.R.F. Teixeira

10 March 2017 in Defect and Diffusion Forum
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RLRodrigo C. Lisboa
Rodrigo C. Lisboa
PTPaulo R.F. Teixeira
Paulo R.F. Teixeira
EDEric Lionel Didier
Eric Lionel Didier
This paper describes the analysis of the propagation of regular and irregular waves in a flume by using Fluent® model, which is based on the Navier-Stokes (NS) equations and employs the finite volume method and the Volume of Fluid (VoF) technique to deal with two-phase flows (air and water). At the end of the flume, a numerical beach is used to suppress wave reflections. The methodology consists of adding a damping sink term to the momentum equation. In this study, this term is calibrated for three cases of regular incident waves (H = 1 m, T = 5, 7.5, and 12 s) by varying the linear and quadratic damping coefficients of the formulation. In general, while lower values of damping coefficients cause residuals on the free surface elevation due to wave interactions with the outlet boundary, reflection occurs on the numerical beach when higher values are used. A range of optimal damping coefficients are found considering one of them null. In one of these cases, temporal series of free surface elevation are compared with theoretical ones and very good agreement is reached. Afterwards, an irregular wave propagation, characterized by a JONSWAP spectrum, is investigated. Several gauges along the flume are evaluated and good agreement between the spectrum obtained numerically and the ones imposed at beginning of the flume is verified. This study shows the capacity of NS models, such as Fluent®, to simulate adequately regular and irregular wave propagations in a flume with numerical beach to avoid reflections.