Steady free-surface flow over spatially periodic topography

2015 ◽  
Vol 781 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. J. Binder ◽  
M. G. Blyth ◽  
S. Balasuriya

Two-dimensional free-surface flow over a spatially periodic channel bed topography is examined using a steady periodically forced Korteweg–de Vries equation. The existence of new forced solitary-type waves with periodic tails is demonstrated using recently developed non-autonomous dynamical-systems theory. Bound states with two or more co-existing solitary waves are also identified. The solution space for varying amplitude of forcing is explored using a numerical method. A rich bifurcation structure is uncovered and shown to be consistent with an asymptotic theory based on small forcing amplitude.

2019 ◽  
Vol 881 ◽  
pp. 660-678 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger H. J. Grimshaw ◽  
Montri Maleewong

This paper extends a previous study of free-surface flow over two localised obstacles using the framework of the forced Korteweg–de Vries equation, to an analogous study of flow over two localised holes, or a combination of an obstacle and a hole. Importantly the terminology obstacle or hole can be reversed for a stratified fluid and refers more precisely to the relative polarity of the forcing and the solitary wave solution of the unforced Korteweg–de Vries equation. As in the previous study, our main concern is with the transcritical regime when the oncoming flow has a Froude number close to unity. In the transcritical regime at early times, undular bores are produced upstream and downstream of each forcing site. We then describe the interaction of these undular bores between the forcing sites, and the outcome at very large times.


2019 ◽  
Vol 106 (120) ◽  
pp. 135-148
Author(s):  
Samira Beyoud ◽  
Dahbia Boukari-Hernane

We consider a free surface flow problem of an incompressible and inviscid fluid, perturbed by a topography placed on the bottom of a channel. We suppose that the flow is steady, bidimensional and irrotational. We neglect the effects of the superficial tension but we take into account the gravity acceleration g. The main unknown of our problem is the equilibrium free surface of the flow; its determination is based on the Bernoulli equation which is transformed as the forced Korteweg-de Vries equation. The problem is solved numerically via the fourth-order Runge-Kutta method for the subcritical case, and the finite difference method for the supercritical case. The results obtained are illustrated by several figures, where the height h of the obstacle, and the value of the Froude number F of the flow, are varied. Note that different shapes of the obstacle have been considered.


1975 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas G. Smith ◽  
J.O. Wilkes

Author(s):  
Arthur E. P. Veldman ◽  
Henk Seubers ◽  
Peter van der Plas ◽  
Joop Helder

The simulation of free-surface flow around moored or floating objects faces a series of challenges, concerning the flow modelling and the numerical solution method. One of the challenges is the simulation of objects whose dynamics is determined by a two-way interaction with the incoming waves. The ‘traditional’ way of numerically coupling the flow dynamics with the dynamics of a floating object becomes unstable (or requires severe underrelaxation) when the added mass is larger than the mass of the object. To deal with this two-way interaction, a more simultaneous type of numerical coupling is being developed. The paper will focus on this issue. To demonstrate the quasi-simultaneous method, a number of simulation results for engineering applications from the offshore industry will be presented, such as the motion of a moored TLP platform in extreme waves, and a free-fall life boat dropping into wavy water.


2005 ◽  
Vol 63 (5-7) ◽  
pp. e1897-e1908 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Miglio ◽  
S. Perotto ◽  
F. Saleri

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