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Trapped waves on interfacial hydraulic falls over bottom obstacles

Z. Wang, J. Chai, E. I. Părău, C. Page, and M. Wang
Phys. Rev. Fluids 7, 074801 – Published 1 July 2022

Abstract

Hydraulic falls on the interface of a two-layer density stratified fluid flow in the presence of bottom topography are considered. We extend the previous work [Philos. Trans. R. Soc. London A 360, 2137 (2002)] to two successive bottom obstructions of arbitrary shape. The forced Korteweg-de Vries and modified Korteweg-de Vries equations are derived in different asymptotic limits to understand the existence and classification of fall solutions. The full Euler equations are numerically solved by a boundary integral equation method. New solutions characterized by a train of trapped waves are found for interfacial flows past two obstacles. The wavelength of the trapped waves agrees well with the prediction of the linear dispersion relation. In addition, the effects of the relative location, aspect ratio, and convexity-concavity property of the obstacles on interface profiles are investigated.

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  • Received 2 April 2022
  • Accepted 27 May 2022

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.7.074801

©2022 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Fluid Dynamics

Authors & Affiliations

Z. Wang* and J. Chai

  • Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China and School of Engineering Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China

E. I. Părău and C. Page

  • School of Mathematics, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom

M. Wang

  • Beijing Institute of Control Engineering, Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China

  • *zwang@imech.ac.cn
  • e.parau@uea.ac.uk
  • wangmian_imech@163.com

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Vol. 7, Iss. 7 — July 2022

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