Two-Dimensional Navier-Stokes Simulation of Breaking Waves
comp-gas
2008-02-03 v1 Cellular Automata and Lattice Gases
Abstract
Numerical simulations describing plunging breakers including the splash-up phenomenon are presented. The motion is governed by the classical, incompressible, two-dimensional Navier-Stokes equation. The numerical modelling of this two-phase flow is based on a piecewise linear version of the volume of fluid method. Preliminary results concerning the time evolution of the liquid-gas interface and the vorticity field are given for short waves, showing how an initial steep wave undergoes breaking and successive splash-up cycles.
Cite
@article{arxiv.comp-gas/9605002,
title = {Two-Dimensional Navier-Stokes Simulation of Breaking Waves},
author = {G. Chen and C. Kharif and S. Zaleski and J. Li},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:comp-gas/9605002},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
10 pages and 3 postscript figures. Animation available at http://www.lmm.jussieu.fr/Animations.html . Full resolution .gif figures available at http://www.lmm.jussieu.fr/~zaleski/Waves/