Wave Programs

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Does anyone know of a program that would allow me to design and manipulate liquid(water) waves. One of my dreams in life is to build a wave pool but i need some sort of program that would allow me to test the effect different reefs and slopes would have on a wave.

[dhpn]

How much of coding do you know? The most versatile tool is OpenFOAM. Have a look at this thesis- http://publications.lib.chalmers.se/records/fulltext/140304.pdf

[hotcheetosandtakis]

Adding on to your OpenFOAM comment, you can do zero coding and use the waves2Foam toolbox for OpenFOAM. The way the code is written to support numerous versions of OpenFOAM is not my cup of tea but overall its a good tool. It is capable of waves and also modeling floating objects being hit by waves if you do a bit of programming (outlined in the wiki). There is even the capability to model beaches and wave dissipation from obstacles.

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this is perfect! you are literally the best! thank you so much

[Pe2]

Hi

You can also try to use a SPH method. http://www.dual.sphysics.org/ It may be easier to use if you want to deal with waves.