Wen, X and Mobbs, S (2014) Numerical simulations of laminar air-water flow of a non-linear progressive wave at low wind speed. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 150 (3). 381 - 398. ISSN 0006-8314
Abstract
A numerical simulation for two-dimensional laminar air-water flow of a non-linear progressive water wave with large steepness is performed when the background wind speed varies from zero to the wave phase speed. It is revealed that in the water the difference between the analytical solution of potential flow and numerical solution of viscous flow is very small, indicating that both solutions of the potential flow and viscous flow describe the water wave very accurately. In the air the solutions of potential and viscous flows are very different due to the effects of viscosity. The velocity distribution in the airflow is strongly influenced by the background wind speed and it is found that three wind speeds, U=0 U=um (the maximum orbital velocity of a water wave), and U=c (the wave phase speed), are important in distinguishing different features of the flow patterns.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c) 2013, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Boundary-Layer Meteorology. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10546-013-9876-0 |
Keywords: | Air-water interface; Low wind speed; Progressive wave |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Earth and Environment (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 26 Sep 2014 15:56 |
Last Modified: | 01 May 2015 21:03 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10546-013-9876-0 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Springer Verlag |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/s10546-013-9876-0 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:80287 |