An amplitude equation for surface gravity wave-topography interactions

Jim Thomas and Ray Yamada
Phys. Rev. Fluids 3, 124802 – Published 13 December 2018
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Abstract

We derive an amplitude equation that captures the effect of small but arbitrary topography on small-amplitude surface gravity waves. The robustness of this reduced model is demonstrated by numerical simulations that compare it with the fully nonlinear water wave equations. The amplitude equation is seen to accurately capture intricate and complex wave dynamics, compared with the fully nonlinear equations, while being much faster than the latter. Consequently, the model offers great potential for various surface wave-topography interaction investigations, especially when a large number of simulations are needed to obtain wave statistics, a process that is much slower if attempted using the full set of equations.

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  • Received 16 May 2018

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.3.124802

©2018 American Physical Society

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Fluid Dynamics

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Jim Thomas1,2,* and Ray Yamada3

  • 1Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Massachusetts, USA
  • 2Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
  • 3Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

  • *jimthomas.edu@gmail.com

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Vol. 3, Iss. 12 — December 2018

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