arXiv (Cornell University) · 2014 · 16 citations · 6 references
Natural SciencesOcean EngineeringOceanographyFluid DynamicsOcean ModelingOcean WavesMarine HydrodynamicsNonlinear Wave DynamicsSurface Wave DynamicsWave BreakingWave GenerationBreaking Wave DynamicsBreaking WavesDeep Water WavesNonlinear WavesNormal StressProgressive WavesWave Breaking In Deep WaterWave Model
The formulation of a canonical deep-water breaking wave problem is introduced, and the results of a set of three-dimensional numerical simulations for deep-water breaking waves are presented. In this paper fully nonlinear progressive waves are generated by applying a normal stress to the free surface. Precise control of the forcing allows for a systematic study of four types of deep-water breaking waves, characterized herein as weak plunging, plunging, strong plunging, and very strong plunging.
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