Wave Breaking: A Numerical Study

by Carlos M. Lemos

Overview

In this monograph, a finite difference algorithm for study-
ing two dimensional wave breaking in the vertical plane is developed. The essential feature of this algorithm is the combination of the Volume-of-Fluid (VOF) technique for arbi-
trary free surfaces and the k-E turbulence model. This me-
thodology allows a self-contained study for wave transforma-
tion processes in shallow water before, during and after breaking. This capability is illustrated in several calcula-
tions.
This book will be of interest for final year graduates,
postgraduates and researchers working in the fields of tur-
bulence modelling, wave hydrodynamics, coastal engineering,
and oceanography of coastal regions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783540549420
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	02/21/1992
Series:	Lecture Notes in Engineering , #71
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992
Pages:	196
Product dimensions:	6.69(w) x 9.53(h) x 0.02(d)

Table of Contents

1: Introduction.- 1.1 Nature and scope of the work.- 1.2 Methodology.- 1.3 Innovations and conclusions.- 2: General aspects of incompressible flow. Theoretical review.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 The Navier-Stokes equations for uniform, incompressible fluids.- 2.3 Initial and boundary conditions.- 2.4 The energy equation.- 2.5 The vorticity equation.- 2.6 The pressure Poisson equation for incompressible flows.- 2.7 General aspects of turbulent flows. Averaging methods and Reynolds equations.- 2.8 Turbulence transport equations.- 2.9 Turbulence models.- 2.10 Boundary conditions for K and—.- 3: Mathematical modeling of breaking shallow water waves. Proposed methodology.- 3.1 Introduction.- 3.2 Physical processes.- 3.3 Mathematical descriptions.- 3.4 Wave theories for very shallow water.- 3.5 Summary of experimental investigations.- 3.6 Description of the proposed methodology.- 4: MAC-type methods for incompressible free-surface flows.- 4.1 Introduction.- 4.2 The choice of the mesh.- 4.3 The MAC (Marker-And-Cell) method.- 4.4 The projection method.- 4.5 The SMAC (Simplified-Marker-And-Cell) method.- 4.6 The pressure-velocity iteration method.- 4.7 Numerical treatment of free-surfaces.- 4.8 Stability considerations.- 4.9 Conclusions.- 5: Description of the numerical model.- 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 Momentum equation approximations.- 5.3 Continuity equation approximation.- 5.4 Approximations for the K and— equations.- 5.5 Updating the fluid configuration.- 5.6 Velocity boundary conditions.- 5.7 Boundary conditions for the K and— equations.- 5.8 Initial conditions for the K and— equations.- 5.9 Stability considerations.- 5.10 Programming considerations.- 5.11 Selected test problems.- 6: Numerical simulation of shallow water waves.- 6.1 Introduction.- 6.2 Propagation ofa solitary wave over a horizontal bottom.- 6.3 Collision between solitary waves.- 6.4 Simulation of undular, transitional and turbulent hydraulic jumps.- 6.5 Breaking of a solitary wave over a slope.- 6.6 Breaking of a train of solitary waves over a slope.- 7: Conclusions. Future research and development.- 7.1 Summary and conclusions.- 7.2 Future research and development.- References.