Breaking waves in deep and intermediate waters

M Perlin, W Choi, Z Tian - Annual review of fluid mechanics, 2013 - annualreviews.org
Since time immemorial, surface water waves and their subsequent breaking have been
studied. Herein we concentrate on breaking surface waves in deep and intermediate water …

Numerical investigation of solitary wave breaking over a slope based on multi-phase smoothed particle hydrodynamics

F He, Y Zhang, H Jiang, C Huang - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
This study presents a numerical investigation of the solitary wave breaking over a slope by
using the multi-phase smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) method. Four different …

Inertial energy dissipation in shallow-water breaking waves

W Mostert, L Deike - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2020 - cambridge.org
We present direct numerical simulations of breaking solitary waves in shallow water to
quantify the energy dissipation during the active breaking time. We find that this dissipation …

Focused wave evolution using linear and second order wavemaker theory

V Sriram, T Schlurmann, S Schimmels - Applied Ocean Research, 2015 - Elsevier
In this paper, the evolution of focused waves using different paddle displacements (piston
type) under laboratory conditions is presented. It is well known that in intermediate water …

Simulation of breaking waves using the high-order spectral method with laboratory experiments: wave-breaking energy dissipation

BR Seiffert, G Ducrozet - Ocean Dynamics, 2018 - Springer
We examine the implementation of a wave-breaking mechanism into a nonlinear potential
flow solver. The success of the mechanism will be studied by implementing it into the …

Extreme waves induced by strong depth transitions: Fully nonlinear results

C Viotti, F Dias - Physics of Fluids, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
Recent studies on free-surface gravity waves over uneven bathymetries have shown that
“rogue” waves can be triggered by strong depth variations. This phenomenon is here …

An eddy viscosity model for two-dimensional breaking waves and its validation with laboratory experiments

Z Tian, M Perlin, W Choi - Physics of Fluids, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
An eddy viscosity model to describe energy dissipation in two-dimensional breaking waves
in deep water is implemented in a numerical model for the evolution of nonlinear surface …

[HTML][HTML] Harmonic structure of the nonlinear force on a fixed ship-shaped floating production, storage and offloading vessel under dispersive phase-focused wave …

H Chen, L Qian, D Cao - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
This paper presents a numerical investigation on the harmonic structure of hydrodynamic
forces on a fixed and simplified representative floating production, storage and offloading …

Characteristics of breaking irregular wave forces on a monopile

A Aggarwal, H Bihs, D Myrhaug, MA Chella - Applied Ocean Research, 2019 - Elsevier
The substructures of offshore wind turbines are subjected to extreme breaking irregular
wave forces. The present study is focused on investigating breaking irregular wave forces on …

Focused wave group propagation over fringing reef and its impact on the vertical wall mounted on a reef flat: Experiment and RANS modeling

L Xiao, K Fang, M Huang, D Wang, Z Liu - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper presents flume experiments and numerical simulations of focused wave group
propagation over an idealized fringing reef profile and its impact on the vertical wall …