Internal References

olaFlow references featuring Pablo Higuera.

References of ihFoam (Jul 8, 2014 - Feb 11, 2016) and olaFoam (Mar 2, 2016 - Nov 25, 2017) are also included, since the development has been continuous.

You can find works by external researchers here.

2021

On the evolution and runup of a train of solitary waves on a uniform beach.
Wu, Y.-T., Higuera, P. & Liu, P. L.-F. [2021]
Coastal Engineering [Vol. 170]
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2021.104015

Comparison between two- and three-dimensional Navier-Stokes modelling for swash flows
Higuera, P. [2021]
Proceedings of 43rd Ocean Engineering Conference, Taoyuan (Taiwan)
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Simulation of steep waves interacting with a cylinder by coupling CFD and Lagrangian models.
Higuera, P., Buldakov, E. & Stagonas, D. [2021]
International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering [Vol. 31(1), pp. 87-94]
https://doi.org/10.17736/ijope.2021.jc821

A comparative study on the nonlinear interaction between a focusing wave and cylinder using state-of-the-art solvers: Part A.
Sriram, V., Agarwal, S., Yan, S., Xie, Z., Saincher, S., Schlurmann, T., Qingwei, M., Stoesser, T., Zhuang, Y., Han, B., Zhao, W., Yang, X., Li, Z., Wan, D., Zhang, Y., Teng, B., Ning, D., Zhang, N., Zheng, X., Xu, G., Gong, J., Li, Y., Liao, K., Duan, W., Han, R., Asnim, W., Sulaiman, Z., Zhou, Z., Qin, J., Li, Y., Song, Z., Lou, X., Lu, L., Yuan, C., Ma, Y., Ai, C., Dong, G., Sun, H., Wang, Q., Zhai, Z.-T., Shao, Y.-L., Lin, Z., Qian, L., Bai, W., Ma, Z., Higuera, P., Buldakov, E., Stagonas, D., Martelo Lopez, S., Christou, A., Lin, P., Li, Y., Lu, J., Hong, S.Y., Ha, Y.-J., Kim, K.-H., Cho, S.-K., Park, D.-M., Laskowski, W., Eskilsson, C., Ricchiuto, M., Engsig-Karup, A.P., Cheng, L., Zheng, J., Gu, H. & Li, G. [2021]
International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering [Vol. 31(1), pp. 1-10]
https://doi.org/10.17736/ijope.2021.jc820

Wave and Structure Interaction: Porous Coastal Structures.
Higuera, P. [2021]
Chapter in Advanced Numerical Modelling of Wave Structure Interactions, Edited by CRC Press
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2020

Enhancing active wave absorption in RANS models.
Higuera, P. [2020]
Applied Ocean Research [Vol 94]
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apor.2019.102000

Simulation of steep waves interacting with a cylinder by coupling CFD and Lagrangian models.
Higuera, P., Buldakov, E. & Stagonas, D. [2020]
Proceedings of the 29th International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference, Shanghai, China.
https://www.onepetro.org/conference-paper/ISOPE-I-20-3212

Parallel CFD Modelling to Explore Scale Effects in Coastal Engineering Wave-Structure Interaction (WSI) simulations.
Higuera, P. [2020]
New Zealand Research Software Engineering Conference (NZRSE) 2020.
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2019

Numerical models for evolution of extreme wave groups.
Buldakov, E., Higuera, P. & Stagonas, D. [2019]
Applied Ocean Research [Vol. 89, pp 128-140]
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apor.2019.05.013

A blind comparative study of focused wave interactions with a fixed FPSO-like structure (CCP-WSI Blind Test Series 1).
Ransley, E. J., Yan, S., Brown, S., Mai, T., Graham, D., Ma, Q., Musiedlak, P.-H., Engsig-Karup, A. P., Eskilsson, C., Li, Q., Wang, J., Xie, Z., Sriram, V., Stoesser, T., Zhuang, Y., Li, Q., Wan, D., Chen, G., Chen, H., Qian, L., Ma, Z., Mingham, C., Causon, D., Gatin, I., Jasak, H., Vukcevic, V., Downie, S., Higuera, P., Buldakov, E., Stagonas, D., Chen, Q., Zang, J. & Greaves, D. [2019]
International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering [Vol. 29(2), pp 113-127]
https://onepetro.org/journal-paper/ISOPE-19-29-2-113

Numerical modeling and physical analysis of swash flows induced by consecutive solitary wave runup events.
Higuera, P., Liu, P. L-F., Wu, Y.-T., Barranco, I. & Sou, I. M. [2019]
Proceedings of Coastal Structures 2019 in Hannover, Germany
https://doi.org/10.18451/978-3-939230-64-9_054

Physical and numerical modelling of tsunami-like bores surf and swash flows.
Barranco, I., Higuera, P. & Liu, P. L-F. [2019]
Proceedings of Coastal Structures 2019 in Hannover, Germany
https://doi.org/10.18451/978-3-939230-64-9_055

2018

Laboratory-scale swash flows generated by a non-breaking solitary wave on a steep slope.
Higuera, P., Liu, P. L-F., Lin, C., Wong, W-Y. and Kao, M-J. [2018]
Journal of Fluid Mechanics [Vol 847, pp 186-227]
https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2018.321

Simulating Breaking Focused Waves in CFD: Methodology for Controlled Generation of First and Second Order.
Stagonas, D., Higuera, P. & Buldakov, E. [2018]
Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering [Vol. 144(2), 8 pages]
https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)WW.1943-5460.0000420

Numerical Modelling of Wave Interaction With an FPSO Using a Combination of OpenFOAM and Lagrangian Models
Higuera, P., Stagonas, D. & Buldakov, E. [2018]
Proceedings of the 28th International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference, Sapporo, Japan.
https://www.onepetro.org/conference-paper/ISOPE-I-18-014

Numerical simulations and assessments of perforated breakwaters
Philip L-F Liu and Pablo Higuera [2018]
International Conference on Coastal Engineering, ICCE2018.
http://www.eventscribe.com/2018/ASCE-36ICCE/assets/handouts/675887.pdf

Highly-resolved numerical and laboratory analysis for nonbreaking solitary wave swash over a steep slope
Pablo Higuera, Philip L-F Liu, Cheng Lin, Wei-Ying Wong and Ming-Jer Kao [2018]
International Conference on Coastal Engineering, ICCE2018.
http://www.eventscribe.com/2018/ASCE-36ICCE/assets/handouts/675888.pdf

2015

Application of computational fluid dynamics to wave action on structures
Pablo Higuera [2015]
PhD Thesis, University of Cantabria
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Three-dimensional numerical wave generation with moving boundaries
Higuera, P., Lara, J.L. & Losada, I.J. [2015]
Coastal Engineering [Vol.101, pp. 35-47]
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2015.04.003

2014

Three-Dimensional Interaction of Waves and Porous Coastal Structures using OpenFOAM®. Part I: Formulation and Validation
Higuera, P., Lara, J.L. & Losada, I.J. [2014]
Coastal Engineering [Vol. 83, pp. 243-258]
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2013.08.010

Three-Dimensional Interaction of Waves and Porous Coastal Structures using OpenFOAM®. Part II: Application
Higuera, P., Lara, J.L. & Losada, I.J. [2014]
Coastal Engineering [Vol. 83, pp. 259-270]
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2013.09.002

2013

Simulating Coastal Engineering Processes with OpenFOAM®
Higuera, P., Lara, J.L. & Losada, I.J. [2013]
Coastal Engineering [Vol. 71, pp. 119-134]
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2012.06.002

Realistic Wave Generation and Active Wave Absorption for Navier-Stokes Models. Application to OpenFOAM®
Higuera, P., Lara, J.L. & Losada, I.J. [2013]
Coastal Engineering [Vol. 71, pp. 102-118]
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2012.07.002