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Overview
HOS-NWT is a Numerical Wave Tank based on the High-Order Spectral (HOS) method. It is dedicated to the generation and propagation of highly non-linear wave fields in wave basins with arbitrary constant depth. The proposed model reproduce all features of an ocean wave basin: directional wavemaker, reflective walls and absorbing beach. HOS-NWT takes into account free surface nonlinearities as well as wavemaker ones. It has been developed at Ecole Centrale de Nantes since 2003 and is used in several research projects.
Fig. 1 3D focused wave
Note
A numerical model based on the HOS method and dedicated to the propagation of non-linear wave fields in open ocean, namely HOS-Ocean, is also available here.
This wiki details the procedure to download and use HOS-NWT as well as the documentation of the current installation.
HOS-NWT is available to download as a single program to compile and execute. It is written in Fortran language.
Citing this work
Any publication or report using HOS-NWT has to refer to the following publications [Bonnefoy et al., 2010, Ducrozet et al., 2012]:
Félicien Bonnefoy, Guillaume Ducrozet, David Le Touzé, and Pierre Ferrant. Time domain simulation of nonlinear water waves using spectral methods, pages 129–164. World Scientific, 04 2010. URL: https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/9789812836502_0004, doi:10.1142/9789812836502_0004.
Guillaume Ducrozet, Félicien Bonnefoy, David Le Touzé, and Pierre Ferrant. A modified high-order spectral method for wavemaker modeling in a numerical wave tank. European Journal of Mechanics - B/Fluids, pages 19–34, 2012. URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0997754612000180, doi:10.1016/j.euromechflu.2012.01.017.
License
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
Main points one has to remind about this license:
HOS-NWT is a free software. This means:
the freedom to use it for any purpose,
the freedom to change it to suit your needs,
the freedom to share it with your friends and neighbors, and
the freedom to share the changes you make.
GPL license uses concept of copyleft
HOS-NWT stay a free software, no matter who changes or distributes the program
if you release a modified version to the public in some way, the GPL requires you to make the modified source code available to the program’s users, under the GPL.
if you want to include HOS-NWT in your program and distribute it, your program must also be free software (with GPL or compatible license).
HOS-NWT may be released under another license for specific commercial softwares. Contact us for details
Download
Download of the latest release version is available here.
Developers are welcome to contribute, cloning is available from the main GitLab page for HOS-NWT: here.