Compressive Sensing–Based Reconstruction of Sea Free-Surface Elevation on a Vertical Wall
Publication: Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering
Volume 144, Issue 5
Abstract
Measuring the free-surface displacement on a vertical wall of a marine structure is not a trivial problem. In this context, the efficacy of ultrasonic probes is affected by the interaction between the signal emitted by the sensor and the vertical wall, whereas image-based techniques are computationally demanding, especially if long-time series are utilized. Considering these difficulties, this paper proposes a novel approach for measuring the sea surface elevation on vertical breakwaters. The proposed methodology involves the use of pressure measurements and a reconstruction algorithm based on a compressive sensing (CS) technique in conjunction with a generalized harmonic wavelet (GHW) basis. In particular, a constrained CS optimization approach is proposed by utilizing the known values of the free-surface data to reconstruct all other missing data while adhering at the same time to prescribed upper and lower bounds at all time instants. The reliability of the methodology was assessed against field data pertaining to a vertical wall equipped with pressure transducers recorded at the Natural Ocean Engineering Laboratory of Reggio Calabria. It was shown that direct application of an unconstrained GHW-based CS optimization approach yielded physically inconsistent minima and maxima values; thus, it was inadequate for reliably reconstructing the free surface. These drawbacks were removed by the constrained GHW-based CS. Furthermore, examination of the reconstructed sea surface profiles in the vicinity of extremely high wave crests or wave troughs showed that they are in agreement with pertinent theoretical data obtained by using the nonlinear quasi-determinism theory.
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Acknowledgments
This paper was developed during the Marie Curie IRSES project “Large Multi Purpose Platforms for Exploiting Renewable Energy in Open Seas (PLENOSE)” funded by the European Union (Grant Agreement Number PIRSES-GA-2013–612581). I. A. Kougioumtzoglou gratefully acknowledges the support by the Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI) Division of the National Science Foundation, USA (Award Number 1724930).
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